Life, 1929-08-02 · page 32 of 40
Life — August 2, 1929 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **magazine advertisement and donation acknowledgment page**, not political satire. The left side features advertisements for **Colonial Airways**, an early commercial airline service operating in the northeastern United States. The ads promote air travel as modern, efficient, and superior to ground transportation—cutting travel time and avoiding "dust, dirt, or traffic jams." This reflects 1920s-30s enthusiasm for aviation as a transformative technology. The right side lists donors to **Life's Fresh Air Fund**, a forty-two-year-old charitable program that gave poor city children vacations in the countryside (approximately $20 per child). The extensive donor list—ranging from Eddie Cantor (a famous entertainer) to anonymous contributors—demonstrates the magazine's charitable mission and appeal to wealthy readers. There is **no political cartoon or satire here**. The page documents commercial aviation promotion and philanthropic fundraising typical of Life magazine's era.
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COLONIAL AIRWAYS G° the modern way over the Colonial network! Cur the corners to your destina- tion! Less time in travel—more for business, and pleasure. No dust, dirt, or “traffic jams"—swift, cool, restful travel when you go by AIR. +++ Colonial Airways, 270 Madison Ave., New York. GLLUL SERVICE DEPENDABLE ~ SAFE Two planes daily—transportation to airports—magazines, stationery provided. Steward service, light refreshments served. The de luxe airline of the East. 1 hour 45 min- utes flying time. Colonial Air Transport, Inc., 80 Federal Street, Boston. Daily service each way, via Al- bany. Comfortable cabin-en- closed planes, up the scenic Hud- son River. 4 hours to Montreal. Canadian Colonial Airways, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York. Twice daily over Niagara in cabin enclosed Sikorsky Amphibions. 45 minutes each way. Take off from convenient_waterfront in each city. . . . Colonial Westen Airways, Inc., Hotel Statler, Buffalo. Write or Phone Nearest Office For Information or Literature COLONIAL FLYING SERVICE —in the territories served b i the Colonial Airways, maintain flying schools and distribute Fairchild, Challenger, Fleet and Pitcairn planes. Complete maintenance, repair and service facilities are operated at every important air- port on the Colonial System and ial charter and passenger tgs are carried out to and from all recognized airports. Life LIFE'’S FRESH AIR FUND Lire’s Fresit Ain Fup has been in opera- tion for the past forty-two years. In that time it has expended $476,000.00 and has given a happy holiday in the country to 52,000 poor city children, Twenty dollars, approximately, pays for such @ holiday for some poor child from the crowded, hot city. Won't you help? Contributions (which are acknowledged in Lire about four weeks after their receipt) should be made payable to Lave’s Fresit Air Fouxp, and sent to 598 Madison Avenue, New York. Previously acknowledged Mrs. A. L. Lustig, Providence A. E. Bishop, Schenectady Mania F. Hunkins, Westerly, R. 1. W. HL. M., Suffern Miss S. King, New York Louis S. Henderson, Philadelphia Quex Carolyn E. Mrs. David Washington Jane & Thomas Jabine, Poughkecp- sie Mrs. C. W. “Christie” Mrs. J. H. Love, Great Neck, N. Y. Miss B. W. Mitchell, Forestville, Conn. Mrs, Converse Strong, Santa Bar- bara, Cal. Mrs. Geo, R. Nova, Pa. Anonymous, M. P., Philadelphia Elbert N. Barnes, East Orange In Memory of K. P. M. Mrs. B. C. Fincke, New York Eddie Cantor. cat Neck, N. Y. Wm. T. Bedford, La le, TH F. P. Warfield, New York Rodney V. Reighard. Pasadena Miss Judith Crawford, Pasadena Anonymous, Lake Tahoe, Nev C. J. Hawkins. Hollister, Cal. Mrs. Arthur T. Churchill, Burling- ton, Towa Mrs. Morris Burnham, Cincinnats C. W. Wiley, Seattle, Wash James Norris, Chicago Mrs. Lester Watson, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Mikey Kahn, Wyoming, O. George Porter, Brooklyn as. Heebner. Philadelphia Mis Edith D. Brower. Brooklyn B. B. Schneider, Ir., So. Orange Doris, Charles and Jimmy Mrs. J. F. Hartz, Harbor Beach, Mich. Alfred James Newton, Rochester Richard R. Conant, New York I. W. Begole. Flint, Mich Mrs. H.C. Stevenson, Rochester Martha H. Williams, Northampton, Mass, PV. GG. M. Roger & Sarah Hemingway, lands, Cal. Virginia & Joan Pack, Nantucket Island Lawrence B. McKelvey. Saratoga Mrs. R. H. Stern, Onent, L. 1. E. R. G.. Vineyard Haven H. H. S. Handy, Syracuse H. M. Paul. Washington Bertha Goldberg. Gary, Ind Charles B. Barnes, Boston George Hilton, Oshkosh A Friend, Alpena, Mich. Mrs. James O. Foss, Boston In Memory of Elizabeth F. Strother Bonnesen, Chicago H. McCulloch, Port Conklin, Boston Packard, Villa Red- $17,352-58 5.00 10,00 10.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 2.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 40.00 5.00 1.00 100.00 40.00 20.00 5.00 20.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.50 25.00 100.00 10.00 10.90 5.00 20.00 5.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 10.00 10,00 Arthur D. Allen, Glenview, Mrs. Herman Duval & Miss Eleanor Duval, Scarsdale Rebekah, H. Brower, N.Y. R. W., Seymour, Conn Dr. J. A. Cunha, San Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hough, Wil- liamsport, Penna Lucy P. Dominick, Conn, Miss Susan D, Griffith, New York Jane & Steve Baits, Grosse Pointe Greatkills, Greenwich, Mrs. T. M. Rivers, Forest Hills. Mrs. J. R. Hobbins, Butte, Mont Mrs. Thomas T. Baxter, Stockton, Cal. Mrs. Preston Hotchkis, Pasadena Jno, U. Calkins, Berkeley, Cal Mrs. Alfred Ehrman, San Francisco F. A. Knight, Long Beach, Cal Mrs. Wm. Warner Harper, Phila- delphia H. N. H. Woodcock, Los Angeles Mrs. H. B. Mirick, Washington “Cash.” Hartford J. E. Muirhead, Chicago Clark Everest. Wausau, Wis Joe Herbert, Fullerton, Cal Sioux Falls, S$. D. . Uptegrove, Orange .. So. Orange Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Gaston, West- field, N. J. Blanche Adler. Baltimore Mrs. Alfred Hart. Madison, Conn. Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo, Washington Mrs. George J. De Garmo, Ir. Mi- ami Beach Margaret Wentworth, New York >. T. Cleborne, Portsmouth, N. H. William H. Walker, Flushing, N.Y. Billy & Dicky In Memory of Peyton Breckenridge Armstrong Lillian and Samuel Powel, Maple- wood, N. J. Lorin Lanam, Alliance, O. “For the Boys,” Lake Wales, Fla. Edith F. Hillard, Wilkes Barre Mrs. A. C, Stamm, Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. Andrew P. McKean, Troy, N.Y. “In Memory of Father—A. E. L.” Gretchen E. Rose, Pittsburgh Mrs. J. A. Swan, Newport, R. L. Mrs. Walter Randall, Derby, Conn. “As Unto Him,” D. Williams, New York Raymond Rubican, New York Howard, Robert, & Harris Whitte- more, 3d., Naugatuck, Conn M. P. Cornwall, Morristown, New York. Mrs. E. Conn. Clayton Conn. * rr Dr. W. L. Garrett, Glens Falls J. Schullinger, New York Den Uyl, Detroit Ty Kelsey s Mrs. A. L. Lott, Brooklyn. . In Memory of A. M. B. : Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Harris Osgood, Pittsburgh F. Winkhaus, New York In Memory of J. L. D. é Mrs. Charles Da: 5 Thiladetphia : Friend, Danville, K; Ethel D. 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