Life Magazine – September 2, 1926 (# 2287) – Golfers

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Cover : Male golfer watching Female golfer from a distance, “Distance Lends Enchantment,” the lady golfer is surely thinking about how far her golf ball goes, while the man is thinking about HER, art by McCarthy.

– “The Army’s mosquito expert says the person bitten should never slap the offender.  We knew pacifism was prevalent but we did not know it had penetrated so far.”
– Full page color ads for Pall Mall cigarettes.
– Full page black and white ads for Reed & Barton silverware, Budd wheel company, Raymond & Whitcomb cruise around the world, Phoenix silk socks, Chrysler cars, Fisher auto bodies, Gillette safety razor, Kelly-Springfield tires (with excellent art by Laurence Fellows), White Rock Ginger Ale.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Cooper (A Rhino rhapsody), Alfred Frueh (Said the Idea Bird to the Motor Kar Kamper), C. H. Sykes (The King can do no wrong, Prohibition, but has many similarities to the Trump administration),
– Two page centerspread art by Russell Patterson, Labor Day, all the ways people recreate.
– Some current events include : Knights of Columbus are raising a million dollars to fight Russianism in the Mexican republic, Memoirs of Herman Kohlsaat in the Philippines, August had monstrous rainfalls, Public opinion about foreign debts and poisoned alcohol.
– And much more 1926   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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