The post Life Magazine – October 24, 1889 (# 356) – Cupid fixing broken hearts appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Stephen Van Schaick (nearly full page, fox hunt in fog, “In the meantime the fox has gone home to lunch)
– Two page centerspread art by C. Grey-Parker, That Coaching Trip IV, trials of a coaching trip in the countryside.
– Rather cute poem by E. T. Corbett, “The ballad of the germs,” which takes on extra meaning in our current time of COVID-19.
– Some current events include : “You can’t get anything that is worth having without giving up something else,” Novelist Wilkie Collins, Recent proposals for public school classes, Fashionable Society is frivolous, World’s Fair.
– And more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – October 10, 1889 (# 354) – The Proposal appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Frances Gilbert Attwood (September), F. M. Howarth (How the Dutchman civilized the Indian, a sad theme where the Dutchman turns the Indian into a drunkard and ends up with all the goods and all the money).
– Two page centerspread art by C. Grey-Parker, That Coaching Trip III, the trials and tribulations of coaching in the mountains where the passengers are always outside the coaching lending assistance up and down hill.
– Some current events include : The Evening Post’s article about responsibilities of college professors toward their students, Idle and rowdy young men in college.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication.
– And much more 1889   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – October 3, 1889 (# 353) – Taking Life appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– CENTENNIAL NUMBER (Centennial of the first inauguration of George Washington).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson, man and woman after first tentative kiss, F. M. Howarth (artwork on both sides of central crease, Patent Medicine Fritz and how his life was saved, a story of the Wild West).
– Full page poem by Ben Bent, The plaint of the modern infant with art by William Ludwig Sheppard.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, On the way to his inauguration 1789.
– Some current events include : 100th anniversary of a decisive era in the governmental experiment of self-governing democracy.
– Life’s gallery of beauties number 15, Phineas Taylor Barnum, photo montage.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1889 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

The post Life Magazine – April 25, 1889 (# 330) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Stephen W. Van Schaick (Six love, courting couple while tennis match goes on in the background), Redfern Ladies’ Tailor ad (with art).
– Two page centerspread art by C. Gray Parker, Gray-Parker, That coaching trip part 1.
– Some current events include : New York World and its connection with the death of Dr. David T. Brown, Bloomingdale Asylum, Yellow Journalism resulting in death.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1889   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – September 19, 1889 (# 351) – That Coaching Trip appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by William Ludwig Sheppard, Some memories of last summer.
– Life’s gallery of Beauties number 26 Queen Victoria, not signed.
– Some current events include : A lumber dealer in Elmira accidentally kills a man in an argument (abnormally thin skull), A young man killed himself after reading an article about himself in the Brooklyn Eagle (effects of yellow journalism), Homicide by imprudence.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – October 17, 1889 (# 355) – Memories of Last Summer appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Stephen W. Van Schaick (How timid and shy the bride appears … Naturally, this is her fourth husband),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Titles for sale, Rich American girls being held back for American boys while penniless European royalty look on.
– Some current events include : President Eliot prefers the Democratic party, Young Mr. Carroll of Maryland is going lion hunting in Africa, What could anyone want with Emerson’s skull now that the brains are out?, Mr. Barnum’s show was loaned to England, Miss Susan B. Anthony is part of a suit against the American Glucose company, Harvard selects a colored class day orator.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – October 31, 1889 (# 357) – European titles for sale (marriage) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– 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!

The post Life Magazine – November 7, 1889 (# 358) – Madame Madjeska by Baer appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– THANKSGIVING NUMBER.
– Full page ad for C. G. Gunther’s Sons Furriers, nice art by Harry McVickar.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (Very few men at the ball … they are scarce in the 400),
– Two page centerspread art by Stephen W. Van Schaick, Regret and Thanksgiving.
– Poem by Arthur Mark Cummings, The Fool’s Epitaph.
– Some current events include : Young men and their idles abroad, Is there an American leisure class?, Will fox hunting ever be popular in America?
– And more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – November 21, 1889 (# 360) – Thanksgiving Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (November), F. G. Attwood (landscape format, The Puritans and their neighbors on the first Thanksgiving Day).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, The beginning of social festivities, Usual beautiful dinner with many courses, mysterious dishes, wines that are bad for you, hostess is nervous, most of the guests will feel sick the next morning.
– Some current events include : Thanksgiving, The newspapers call Mr. E. C. Stedman the banker-poet, Annual meeting of the American Copyright league, Chace-Breckenridge copyright bill, Is Colonel Arkell serious with his plan to advertise on the backs of postage stamps?
– “Life has never met Judge Payson.  He may be an illiterate wife-beater whom his neighbors have sent to Congress because they felt sorry for his family.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – November 28, 1889 (# 361) – Charles Dana Gibson – Social Festivities appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.