– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert Wenzell (with a poem by Thomas A. Janvier, Proper Self-respect), F. G. Attwood (November), Jack Bennett (page and a half strip cartoon about two knights fighting, How It Ended).
– Excellent two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, That Delicious Moment when you are suddenly called upon to discharge the cook, She is twice as big as the householder, has been drinking and is carrying a large pot as a weapon.
– Some current events include : Chamber of Commerce dinner, Forty percent or more of young men are ruined by dissipation, Other young men are slaves to their own estates.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1891   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – December 3, 1891 (# 466) – Firing the Cook appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (October), W. L., Jr. (Deutsch & Co. Fifth Ave. Milliners, Furriers and Tailors), not signed (Century magazine ad, mostly text).
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, Uncle Sam in the Toils, statue suggestion for World’s Fair, portrait format.
– Some current events include : Election for governor is over (Roswell Flower), Recall of Protestant Episcopal priest Father Hall, Rumor that Pope is thinking of absconding from Rome.
– Cupid is not in it as a marksman, Goosey.  Why not, Angel He’s always making Mrs.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1891   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – November 5, 1891 (# 462) – Art Critic appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by Charles Howard Johnson, The Wise and Foolish Virgins, one marries, the other becomes educated, which is which?
– Some current events include : Immortality is more easily achieved by love than hate, Editor O’Connor of the Rochester Post-Express, Winning the Literary approval of James Russell Lowell.
– “Your trip to the sea shore must have done you good, you look like a new man.  I feel like seven men.  How’s that Engaged to seven girls.”
– 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 – August 27, 1891 (# 452) – Wise vs. Foolish Virgins appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert Wenzell (2/3 page : cute one about being engaged to four girls at once and wanting to keep them all).
– Two page centerspread art by William Jacob Baer, A suggestion for that World’s Fair Tower at Chicago (worshipping drink, corruption, and greed), Portrait format.
– Some current events include : The fight of the Schuyler family AGAINST the proposition of the Woman’s Memorial Fund Association to exhibit a statue of Mrs. George L. Schuyler as a typical American philanthropist at the Chicago World’s Fair (the Life editors were on the side of the WMFA, a whole page on it).
– An extremely great half page comic work about the New Jersey mosquito, art by T. S. Sullivant.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1891   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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The post Life Magazine – August 20, 1891 (# 451) – Ring on Time appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (In the midst of the fight, polygamy), F. G. Attwood (A discussion on the theory of self-government, a street brawl, landscape format).
– Two page centerspread art by Wilson de Meza, “A shrine to no code or creed confined,” men of different types gathered around a single woman.
– Some current events include : Lenten quarantine, Young men’s minds turn to horses in May, William Henry Hurlbert has a bunch of erotica left in his apartments, Yale crew training on Schuylkill.
– “Of the twelve candidates for this year’s Yale boat, seven are understood to be consumptives, and the other five are puny creatures who have never pulled before this ear, except at bottles.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – April 30, 1891 (# 435) – Yale Crew Team appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– This issue has a number of comic artworks devoted to April 1^st, April Fools Day.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (March).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, The Circus is Here!  Chaos in the government, done as circus performers.
– Curious small ad for Royal Hungarian Government Wines.
– Some current events include : Lynchings of 11 Italian-Americans in New Orleans, Clothing Cutters Union, Blatherskites (bad leaders of unions).
– “The Cresent City is accumulating a remarkable notoriety.  Congress had to make special laws awhile ago to restrict her ability to contaminate the morals of the Union.”  (New Orleans, Crescent City)
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1891 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – April 2, 1891 (# 431) – April Fools appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– 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!

The post Life Magazine – January 15, 1891 (# 420) – Wounded Knee massacre appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, In the near future with a few more bar-keepers for judges and the practical abolishment of the death penalty the fun will begin (armed crime increasing).
– Some current events include : Mr. Blaine and the Behring Sea haltercation (Bering Sea), Sorosis and Woman’s Rights business have no young women, Copyright bill, Birth of a new Republicanism, The young Senator from Colorado, Silver certificates versus gold standard.
– 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 1891 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

The post Life Magazine – January 22, 1891 (# 421) – European heiress marrying in States appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by W. de Meza, The flowers that bloom in the winter.
– Some current events include : Miss Elaine Goodale is a friend of the Indian (Native American) and is marrying one, Mr Rudyard Kipling has been writing impression of the United States, New York State Board of Arbitration suggests that railroad workers be enlisted for stated periods (not to be fired or to quit).
– OH MY, this is dated and not politically correct: the editor says, “Our estimate of the negro and the Indian races is that they are both inferior, but the inferiority of the Indian, which shows in his inaptitude for civilized life and unwillingness to work, has always inspired more or less of our respect.  But then the editor says that perhaps the time is coming when we can gladly do something for him.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – January 29, 1891 (# 422) – Fashionable hats in theater appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (January).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, An afternoon reception at Herculaneum, Roman style.
– Some current events include : Recent demise of the Duke of Bedford (richest duke in England, took his life), The Late Mr. Bancroft, Superintendent Hankinson of the SPCA says it is cruel to dock horses’ tails, Miss Lydia Thompson returns to the stage, The family of Mr. Hutchinson of Chicago have tried to dissuade him from speculation, Is Ray Hamilton dead or not?
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1891 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – February 5, 1891 (# 423) – Reception at Herculaneum appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.