Life Magazine – July 27, 1905 (# 1187) – Heroine in color – Becky Sharp

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Cover : United States as a stork holding babies in a basket, “Design for a Roosevelt dollar,” art by F. T. Richards.

– Life’s gallery of Heroines, VERY PRETTY color full page artwork of Becky Sharp in a yellow gown with purple accents, a fictional person, artwork by C. Allen Gilbert.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Horace Taylor (Snap shots from our air-ship, the county fair), Charles Broughton (young couple in a field, with a butterfly, Summer),

– Two page centerspread art by Horace Taylor (The future of archaeology : the conclusion is irresistible that all people of this period looked alike : Andrew Carnegie).

– Some current events include : It is getting harder to make an honest living in Manhattan, Town Topics and blackmail, The World publishes Hendricks testimony, Equitable insurance company, Moneyphobia.

– Half page photo of a lot of kids at Life’s fresh air camp, includes a list of the children with problems at home (i.e. 3 have a father in prison, 44 have a dead mother, 25 were deserted by father and so on).

– Full page ad for Bock’s Independence cigars

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