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Life Magazine – May 18, 1893 (# 542) – Charles Dana Gibson – The favorite suitor
$5.00 – $10.00
Magazine Condition : Good (Once bound, spine is a bit rough from where it was removed from bound volume and pages may be loosening. Edges of ad text may be barely trimmed.) OR POOR (Same as Good. Once bound, but missing last two pages.)
Description
Cover : Two young women looking at a young man who is tipping his hat to them, “The favorite suitor,” art by Charles Dana Gibson.
The Girl : But his father has left him well off.
The Honest Friend : Well off! He has left him a taste for liquor and not a cent of money!
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, “Why should we fear? Is not Tammany watching over us?”, poverty, cholera and other ills afflicting the general public.
– Some current events include : The colossal World’s Fair in Chicago has opened (the mud is alleged to be ankle deep, visitors from Iowa and Illinois give distressing manifestations of outraged modesty over the decorative adornments of the buildings, and more), The Governor of Oregon tells the President to mind his own business.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
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