Life Magazine – September 8, 1921 (# 2027) – John Held Jr. – Burlesque Number

– BURLESQUE NUMBER (Great content, unusual issue).
– Many pages have headers like “With apologies to National Geographic”, “With apologies to the Police Gazette” followed a lampoon of the type of content found in that magazine.
– Full page color Pall Mall cigarettes ad with coat of arms, Round.
– Interesting full page American Chain company ad with “The Slip shod driver”, art of a donkey driving after causing a wreck.
– Full page Kelly-Springfields tires ad with winning caption by Claire Newman of Newark, New Jersey.
– Full page of photos of people of society taking part in outdoor activities including women in a bicycle race, Tuxedo days.
– Curious content in this issue, with manyreal photos instead of art, appears to be all satire, as in “How I train my men to sell cantilever bridges” by Joseph L. Gonnick.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Ellison Hoover (American country houses, John Wimble), Rube Lucius Goldberg (Novel inventions for the home).
– Some current events include : Sir. John Falstaff, Mark Tapleyness, Charlie Chaplin, Rabelais.
– WONDRFUL full page color Holeproof hosiery ad with art by Coles Phillips, woman in pale pink in blue chemise sitting on tan footstool.
– And so much more!  1921 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!