Life Magazine – January 15, 1891 (# 420) – Wounded Knee massacre

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Cover : A case in point, the place you live dictates your face, art by Albert Beck Wenzell.

– Half page art or cartoon art by W. de Meza, He – Would you marry me if you were rich? She – No, but I would marry you if YOU were rich.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, The Metropolitan Museum still closes its doors Sundays against the working people.
– Some current events include : Situation of the American Indian, Mr. Noble’s folks have taken poor care of the Indians, Emily Dickinson’s poems are now popular but she is dead and can’t enjoy that.
– Indian fighting is a thankless, ungracious job, not very lucrative in money, and defectively productive of fame and of promotion … Sitting Bull’s death is pretty generally stigmatized as a murder, and the slaughter of squaws and papooses at the Wounded Knee massacre has fairly turned the stomach of the country.
– Full page ad (landscape format) for Deutsch and Company, European Ladies’ fashions.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1891 content – fun!