– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Collander’s fashions, NY), Albert Wenzell (The bride went up the aisle on her father’s arm, bride balancing like a tight rope walker), Stephen Van Schaick  (Oh, what a tangled web we weave, lying about ancestors : landscape format.
– Charming half page cartoon wraps around a page, novice scoffing at weightlifting as the weights grow bigger with every repetition, art by F. M. Howarth.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Social Nuisances : the man who always has a friend whom he wishes you to meet.
– Some current events include : Electricity, Long distance telephone, Electric street cars, wonders of hypnotism and psychology, Medical cures, Miracles in Lourdes, Some people of Brooklyn found Longfellow’s poem to be unfit for children.
– 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 9, 1890 (# 406) – Princess Marries for Love appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (September), Charles Broughton (Half page : Englishman is surprised by American pronunciation).
– Two page centerspread art by Albert Wenzell, Return of the Victors, group of well-dressed people walking home on a windy autumn day.
– Some current events include : The Bowery Lovers who committed suicide, Sir Edwin Arnold is NOT going to marry a Japanese woman, Dion Boucicault dies, Geologist Shaler is embarrassed that the New World has added only one domesticated animals to the roles … the turkey.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1890   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – October 2, 1890 (# 405) – Bowery Lovers appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (Different Standards.  One woman thinks comparison to Venus of Milo is good, other doesn’t).
– Full page ad with art for Redfern Autumn clothes.
– Two page centerspread art by Albert Wenzell, The melancholy end of many a summer flirtation, Don’t put too heavy a burden on a small salary.
– Some current events include : Sarcasm toward Professor Shaler who had derogatory things to say about Native Americans and his theories about climate and supremacy, Brooklyn stepmother fighting for custody of a child.
– “It always seems to create more or less surprise when a man who has actually demonstrated his ability to do anything else, determines to study for the ministry.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – September 25, 1890 (# 404) – Dating on Small Salary appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert Beck Wenzell (artwork and inset caption, A summer idyll, Misunderstood.).
– Two page centerspread art by C. Gray-Parker, “A little way into the future,” costumes for ladies riding astride.
– Some current events include : Letters to Board of Arbitration that investigated the Central-Hudson railroad strike, The Force Bill, Congress got nothing done over the summer, Louisiana Lottery Company needs to be laid to rest.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – September 18, 1890 (# 403) – Ladies Riding Astride appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Social Nuisances : the caller who never knows when to leave.”
– Oh my, this one is NOT politically correct : 1/3 page artwork by T. S. Sullivant of a black porter, a white woman traveler, a Chinese traveler, and a rat, “Different Tastes.”
– Some current events include : Tendency of rich men’s sons to develop afflicting eccentricities of morals, Speaker of the House of Representatives teaches that Might makes Right (!), Railroad strike that didn’t happen, Comparative charms of town and country.
– 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 – September 11, 1890 (# 402) – Eccentricities of Morals appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert Wenzell (two ladies discussing a prayer they heard in church), F. G. Attwood (August).
– Two page centerspread art by Albert Wenzell, Dreams, A young women relaxing on a veranda and thinking of being married.
– Some current events include : Differences of opinion between Mr. Powderly and Mr. Walter Webb (great railroad corporation vs. big organization of workmen), Sir Edwin Arnold is much pleased with Japan and people are worried about it.
– “One can almost hear the sigh in Colonel Watterson’s voice as he notes in the Courier-Journal that “The reputation for gambling long survives the abandonment of the habit.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1890   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – September 4, 1890 (# 401) – Dreaming of Marriage appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by Wilson de Meza, “June – the college man, August – a college boy.”
– Some current events include : Removing remains of General Grant from New York to Arlington Cemetery, Rockefeller should endow universities that already exist (instead of starting new ones), Greenwich mean time, Outbreak of Obituary Poets.
– Cute little artwork of a man entirely wrapped with bandages, “Great Scott! Old fellow, what’s the matter Been riding a safety bicycle.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1890   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – August 28, 1890 (# 400) – Safety Bicycle appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Social nuisances : the man who never knows when he has talked enough.”
– Some current events include : Charles Dudley Warner theorizes that American women are monopolizing American culture, People have compassion for all others except stock brokers.
– “It doesn’t do to believe everything you hear, even between campaigns.
– Lump statements like the above (gambling loss, dancing party) and let them offset one another.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1890 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – May 8, 1890 (# 384) – Social Nuisance appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Half page art or cartoon art by Stephen Van Schaick, Wife realizes she left the cat in the house alone and without food while they are gone for a week.  Husband says, “I remembered her.  I left a can of condensed milk on the kichen table with a sardine opener beside it.”
– Two page centerspread art by F. G. Attwood, “We shall meet on that beautiful shore,” Dickens, Scott, Johnson and Thackeray on the Elysium landing of the Styx River.
– Some current events include : Incendiary motion toward putting up a statue of Lafayette in Lafayette Park, Trying to oust editor Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial, Crusade against the rottenness in New York’s police department.
– Neat half page Pears soap ad with art of two women outside their home with buckets and scrub brushes.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1890 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – April 17, 1890 (# 381) – Engaged! appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (The glorious consummation of a career : reported proposal of Queen Victoria to reward Stanley with a knighthood).
– Quarter page artwork that is probably a very early piece by Otho Cushing, signed O. W. Cushing, but style looks like his though less polished.
– Two page centerspread art by Oliver Herford, The sweet girl graduate goes forth from the castle of learning to do battle with the wicked world.
– Some current events include : The New York Sun tackles people with piggish mannerisms, Delinquencies of Tammany Hall, Do you hate England?, Heroes of the red paint brush (statue of John Harvard), Decision in favor of the Tilden heir.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1890 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – June 19, 1890 (# 390) – Sweet girl graduate goes forth appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.