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Whimsical Wednesday: Life Magazine covers from the early 1920s

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Queen Bee

 

Life magazine cover by Leyendecker dated Sept. 1, 1921 Source elena-lu via Flickr w Creative Commons License

“Rivals”, September 1, 1921 issue

Life magazine cover by Leyendecker dated February 2, 1922 Source elena-lu via Flickr w Creative Commons License

 “The Flapper”, February 2, 1922 issue

Life magazine cover by Leyendecker dated April 20, 1922 Source elena-lu via Flickr w Creative Commons License

“A Live Wire”, April 20, 1922 issue

All of these eye-catching magazine covers were painted by J.C. Leyendecker.  His Kuppenheimer menswear ads were featured in my Fashion Friday post  last week.

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2 Responses to Whimsical Wednesday: Life Magazine covers from the early 1920s

  1. robstevens says:
    January 30, 2013 at 7:32 am

    ‘Rivals’ is a nice title, and the gargoyles are cool.

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