Life Magazine – July 7, 1898 (# 813) – Commodore Schley

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Cover : Commodore Winfield S. Schley, art by C. J. Budd (this one is not signed, but others in the same group by Budd are signed – clearly his).

– Full page art or cartoon art by W. H. Hyde (At the Waldorf-Astoria : Why, Tom, you never put your shoes out last night to be blacked!  No, my dear, I was afraid they would gild them in this hotel), Oliver Herford (To a Milkmaid, with a poem by Carolyn Wells), T. K. Hanna (I hadn’t counted on the Bishop, Men playing cards with a Bishop and losing to him), unsigned (Portrait of Joseph Choate in pointillism).
– Two page centerspread art by Albert D. Blashfield, Why kill each other?  This kind of warfare (romance) is better, although more dangerous.
– Some current events include : It was untrue that Spanish soldiers mutilated our dead, Mauser bullets spread out when hitting a body causing a lot of damage, The treatment of Constructor Hobson, Fighting at Santiago Cuba, New crop of college graduates has begun to come to market, We would like to know the real losses of Misters Leiter in their grain accounts.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1898   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!