Life Magazine – December 3, 1896 (# 727) – Crank & Pedal Club

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Cover : Wonderful!  The crank and pedal club take their annual dinner, Long table supported by moving bicycles, musicians also on bikes, art by Hy Mayer.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Otto Toaspern (Does the moon have powers of attraction?  Last night it drew a man’s arm around my waist).
– Half page art by William H. Walker, A Football Team of the Future, they are all in full armor.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, In Days to Come, looks like portents of war.
– That First Affair, humorous story continued from earlier issue, by J. A. Mitchell.
– Some current events include : New York is getting a new aquarium, A citizen of Des Moines, Iowa is dead in consequence of injuries received in being initiated into a lodge of Elks.
– “Within the last five years it seems to have been gradually coming to the knowledge of large numbers of intelligent Europeans that there was a settlement on this side of the Atlantic in which the processes of civilization were far enough advanced to be worth watching.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1896   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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