Life Magazine – September 5, 1918 (# 1871) – Service banner

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Cover : Service banner (small flag with a star, identifying the home of a member of the armed forces during war) in the window of a ramshackle hut, “Doing its bit,” art by J. R. Shaver.

– Full page color ads for United States Tires (some blue, signed but illegible), Rameses cigarettes (nice art of person on fancy camel in front of pyramids, signed by illegible, looks like hieroglyphs a bit), Victor Talking Machine company (Victrola, nice art of war ship in battle, signature partly hidden, Carrying the song of victory across the seas).

– Full page black and white ads for White Trucks (A war message to owners … delivery of commercial units must wait until we fulfill the military needs), Fatima cigarettes (in the U.S. Army).

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (August), Charles Dana Gibson (A decided preference, woman prefers scarecrow in the field as she hoes to useless dandy), Charles Forbell ?? (Impression one receives when trying to interview the editor of a Philadelphia paper, not signed), Rodney Thomson (Initials only, People looking shocked in front of painting of ship in big storm, “Realism or Memories?), Charles Broughton (landscape format, Woman showing a dachshund that the cupboard really is empty, Frau Hubbard).

– Small photos of French war orphans : Robert Le Morvan Baby 1408, Lydie Blin Baby 2704 and her brother and sister, Luci Degos Baby 2507 and her brother, Roger Druol Baby 2700 and his sister.

– Two page center spread art by Rea Irvin (A day in heaven as pictured by little Bobbie).

– Some current events include : In the main we believe the war news in the newspapers, News that comes in private letters includes many more complaints, French camps are not sanitary, The French seem to love American troops, Germans are losing ground fast, Vardaman loses in the primaries in Mississippi.

– And much more 1918   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!