Life Magazine – November 7, 1889 (# 358) – Madame Madjeska by Baer

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Cover : The sagacious Maiden, if a rich girl marries a working man with no capital, he quickly loses his job, art by Charles Dana Gibson.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (Uncle Sam shows his neighbors over the estate).
– Life’s gallery of beauties Number 27 Madame Modjeska, art by William Jacob Baer.
– Interesting quarter page artwork by A. W. Harrington, New York’s Darling Pet, the Electricity Dragon clinging to the wires as two workers fall off dead.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Which?, A man (world’s fair) carrying a huge bouquet toward a group of ladies (Washington, New York, Chicago, St. Louis … Chicago is the most eager).
– Some current events include : Life wants New York to have the Fair, New York can survive without the Fair but for Chicago it is a matter of vital importance, Having the Fair in New York would mean destruction of part of Central Park.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1889   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!