Life — December 1931 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Life Magazine, December 1931 This is a **title page** for Life magazine's December 1931 issue (15 cents). The cover illustration shows a **caricatured eagle character** dressed as a cowboy or frontiersman—wearing a plaid shirt, wide-brimmed hat, and carrying a rifle—riding what appears to be a reindeer with prominent antlers. The visible text promises an article titled "What I Think of Sidney Lenz - by Ely Culbertson," suggesting the issue contains commentary on Sidney Lenz, likely a bridge player, by Ely Culbertson, a famous bridge champion of the era. The eagle-as-cowboy imagery suggests American frontier themes, though the specific satirical point requires seeing the full article inside the magazine.