Life Magazine – July 19, 1906 (# 1238) – Charles Dana Gibson

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Cover : Lady’s head in profile, art by the famous Charles Dana Gibson.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Bayard Jones (Her answer), Natural Food Company of Niagara Falls (wonderful art with color of woman playing tennis, not signed, but Gibson girl look).

– Two page centerspread art by William Balfour-Ker, “A desperate case,” Cupid shielding his face in despair as an unattractive man and woman in bathing costumes emerge from separate changing shacks and see each other.

– Some current events include : Comins Grammar School in Roxbury Crossing Massachusetts, Reverend Adolf Biewend, Baldwinsville in New York, Reverend J. McGrath, Harvard needs another twenty million dollars.

– Two wonderful photos of kids at Life’s Fresh Air Camp : kids walking the top rail of a fence and a large portrait of a group at a rock wall, all laughing. This section also includes a history of the farm started in 1888.

– “Let us turn aside a moment from murder and muck-raking and refresh our jaded spirits with contemplation of religious intolerance.”

– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

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