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Life Magazine – November 1, 1900 (# 938) – Witch trials

Mark — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:02:41 +0000

Cover : Woman drowning below bridge as townsfolk watch, “The first American court of justice : If she drowns, she is innocent; if she swims, she is burned as a witch,” art by C. H. Ebert. Thank goodness we are beyond this!

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (Would you mind if I joined another club Oh, do Dear! Will it keep you away from home any more?), Edward Windsor Kemble (The triumph of the machine-made actor).

– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards (Our Frankenstein … Uncle Sam afraid of the royal spectre of war and wrecked peace).

– Some current events include : New York is overrun with vice, Tammany, Croker is certainly as greedy as Hanna, Return of Mark Twain from nine years abroad after earning $80,000 to pay the debts of a publishing company, Brother Jones of Hobart College says there is a contemporary tendency to overindulge college students and underpay their teachers.

– Half page artwork by Winsor Zenic McCay, If Meissonier should return to earth.

– Full page ad for Colgate products.

– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

– And much more 1900 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – June 14, 1900 (# 918)

Mark — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:32:52 +0000

Cover : Which weighs more, a pound of brains or a pound of muscle?, “The spring examinations,” young woman in graduation gown gazing at a scholar and an athlete, art by Otho Cushing.

– Full page art or cartoon art by W. M. Goodes (Art on both sides of the magazine center, Monkeys picking on the Zebra who shows them what for), Henry Hutt (Like Grown-ups, Charming scene of mother watching her daughter scold her doll).
– Full page ad for Northern Steamship Company with neat art of ship breaking out of a globe.
– Cute half page photo of many kids (mostly girls) at Life’s Fresh Air Camp doing exercises outside in a meadow.
– Two page centerspread art by the famous Charles Dana Gibson, “Is this why the average husband and brother stay away?”, poor old gentleman surrounded by women.
– Some current events include : The Sultan of Turkey has not paid us what he owes yet, The Yale societies are still tangled, Turbulent doings in China, General Otis is now living in Rochester, Difficulties with the building trades in Chicago, Railway strike in St. Louis, Plague in San Francisco.
– “Our President, whose struggles to do right are too often coldly observed by unsympathetic critics, has made himself again a mark for censure by appointing Mr. John R. Hazel to be a Federal Justice for the District of Western New York.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1900 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – November 22, 1900 (# 941)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:39:44 +0000

Cover : Regrets after proposal, “A tragedy”, art by T. K. Hanna, Jr.

– At the court of the War God, half page cartoon by Wilfrid Huggins.
– Lovely full page artwork cartoon by Wm. L. Jacobs, “A Fond Critic” about a wife critiquing her husband’s painting.
– Cartoons by Edwin Lutz, Gus Dirks, R. Dirks, Morrison, W. M. Goodes, F. W. Read
– The death and burial of Cock Robin, various caricatures by C. H. Ebert.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, A widow and her friends, # 7.
– Drama review, some dekovened music and an importation.
– Art is long, by Agnes Repplier.
– A visitor, by Tom Masson.
– “The Last Fly of Summer”, poem from the Chicago Record.
– Ad for the Exhibition of Original Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson.
– Neat quarter page ad for Lion Brand collars, cuffs, and shirts.
– Small illustrated ad for Alois P. Swoboda, Physiological exercise.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – December 6, 1900 (# 944)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:38:17 +0000

Cover : Man selling trinkets on the street, “Life’s Tips to Royalty”, art by F. W. Read.

– Full page of women’s heads (probably drawn by Charles Dana Gibson) for Life’s Contest of Beauty.
– Editorials refer to the Democrats, Mark Twain, election in Kentucky, Beckham, Harvard Veterinary School, more.
– Great half page artwork cartoon by J. Cassell, two men in country store.
– Full page cartoon “Columbus finds evidence of land” probably by Graf.
– Cartoons by P. Newell, R. Dirks, Gus Dirks, BB, Arnold, R. G. Jennings, more.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, A widow and her friends, # 9.
– Drama critiques, including little photos of Mme Bernhardt and M. Coquelin.
– Half page cartoon that looks like Dr. Seuss, but is signed CM or MC.
– Full page art cartoon by T. K. Hanna, Jr. “Rivals.”
– Pretty quarter page ad for Redfern corsets, illustrated.
– Small illustrated ad for Rae’s Lucca Oilive Oil.
– And much more 1900 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – December 13, 1900 (# 945)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:36:40 +0000

Cover : Not Available.

– Large drawing of flying animals (horse, elephant, monkey, etc.) by Dan Beard.
– Society column, a humorous play on similar features in more serious publications.
– Editorials refer to South Africa, Cuba, war taxes, Harvard and Yale football, more.
– Cartoons by Greening, Kenneth Fowler, Bayard Jones, Kemble, Willmarth, BB.
– The art of criticism, by Peter McArthur.
– In Snow time, poem by Frank R. Batchelder.
– The Cardinal’s Kodak, by Henry Harland.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, A Widow and her friends, # 10.
– Drama critiques with little photos of Cecilla Loftus, Hilda Spong and Bessie Tyree.
– Full page art cartoon by T. K. Hanna Jr., people in the park.
– Life’s contest of Beauty.
– Life’s Hall of fame.
– In Lapland, a poem from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
– Half page illustrated ad for Defender fancy sheets and pillowcases.
– Small ad for Keeley cure for addiction to alcohol, opium, drugs.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – December 20, 1900 (# 946)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:34:37 +0000

Cover : Overbearing wife and hen-pecked husband, art by J. Cassel.

– Full page ad picturing lots of different Colgate toilet articles, such as perfumes.
– Cartoons by Bayard Jones, J. S., C. H. Ebert, Hy Mayer, T. S. Allen, F. T. Richards, R. Dirks, more.
– The satire society column includes such as Mrs. Van Damm Expennse.
– Editorials refer to Major McKinley, Colonel Bryan, Bulwer-Clayton treaty, Standard Oil Company, Panama canal, war on vice in New York, more.
– Excellent full page art cartoon of rich gentleman and daughter on deck of ship, heading to Europe, art by Harrison Fisher.
– A critic’s mistake, by Maurice Edmunds.
– A world loss, Sir Arthur Sullivan is dead.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, A widow and her friends, # 11.
– Drama, birth of another star, Mary Mannering.
– Full page cartoon series by Greening, weather humor.
– Lovely full page art cartoon by S. Werner, actors.
– Full page ad for things published by Life, including the Gibson calendar.
– Quarter page ad for John Wanamaker reliable shoes.
– Small ad for America’s famous Ypsilanti Health Underwear.
– Nice illustrated quarter page Londonderry Lithia water ad.
– Nice illustrated quarter page Prudential Insurance ad with Gibralter.

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Life Magazine – December 27, 1900 (# 947)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:33:00 +0000

Cover : Dog pulling milk cart, Life’s Tips to Royalty, art by F. W. Read.

– Half page art of man kissing woman’s hand, she is either sleeping or dead, “The end of a love story”, art by C. Allen Gilbert.
– The satire social column, featuring folks such as Mrs. Bonds to Burn.
– Full page cartoon, the migration of the Latter Day Saints, art by Will Crawford.
– Editorials refer to Life as published in the preceding 18 years, very tongue-in-cheek, including such statement as “Life’s aim in the future shall be to please everybody”
– Full page art cartoon by Harrison Fisher, couple in buggy.
– Cartoons by Gus Dirks, Kemble, F. T. Richards, G. W. Penfield,
– What American civilization is doing, by Isabel Strong.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, a widow and her friends, # 12.
– Full page art cartoon by Bayard Jones.
– The Day after Christmas, poem by Edward Martin Conley.
– Small ad for Ruinart Champagne.
– Nice small illustrated ad for De Dion-Bouton Motorette car company.

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