Life Magazine – February 11, 1897 (# 738) – St. Valentine’s Number

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Cover : St. Valentine’s Day, Cupid bringing a stack of boxes of chocolates to a lovely young lady, art by Otto Toaspern.

– Full page art or cartoon art by C. Allan Gilbert (men and women playing in a snowstorm at night in formal wear), Albert D. Blashfield (St. Valentine’s Day), Otto Toaspern (one man and many women, with Poem by Otto as well), Binner Chi (Pabst beer ad in green with Mayflower ship).
– “Did you hear of the dreadful revenge Frothingham took on Miss Dimling when she refused his proposal?” “What was it?” “He proposed to her mother, as Mrs. Dimling was a widow, and now he won’t let a man come to the house to see his step-daughter.”
– Two page centerspread art by Albert Beck Wenzell, On February Fourteenth, Cupid trying to direct young ladies to the correct Valentine’s Day card.
– Some current events include : Doctor Rainsford’s protest against ostentatious expenditure, The Health Board of New York has declared that pulmonary tuberculosis (Consumption) is a communicable disease, Historical verity of the Bible story about Jonah, Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1897 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!