The Funnies - Labor Saving Device (1914)

Constable Pratt's Labor-Saving Device

Life Magazine, July 4, 1914

Much is made of H. G. Welles' and Jules Verne's predictions of the future, but how about Life Magazine foreseeing the stop-strip?

The Funnies - Club Sandwich (1910)

The Century Illustrated Magazine, June 1910

Charles Nuttall was born in Fitzroy, Victoria in Australia and trained at the National Gallery of Victoria under the artist Frederic McCubbin. Nuttall penned illustrations for The Century Illustrated Magazine, Life, Harper's, and other periodicals. He moved from Australia to the United States in 1905 and in 1910, at the time this piece aired, he would have been touring Europe. After returning he went back to Australia where he continued to draw, write, and even became a broadcaster, passing in 1934 at the young age of 44.

Pre-War Tires

The moment I saw the Indiana State Police car in this ad, I knew it was bound for the pages of my blog. It comes from the January 14, 1946 issue of Life Magazine. Wish I could tell what model and make the car is (if you know, drop me a line), but the focus of the ad is the B. F. Goodrich synthetic rubber tires. I'm not really sure what's meant by "a wartime tire", all I can guess is that due to rationing there was a lot of recycling and re-treading going on. Oddly enough, the Indiana State Police's uniform pretty much looks the same today as it did back in 1946.

The Funnies - The Better Part (1901)

Life magazine, February 1901