Life Magazine – February 18, 1897 (# 739) – George Washington

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Cover : Dissipated looking cupid riding a poodle, Sculpture art by Max Bachmann.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (He called me a colossal ass!  Well, you are large.), C. J. Budd (Prisoner, in for running off with another man’s wife, says he receives flowers from the husband every day).
– Full page ad for the Victor Road Racer bicycle, all text.
– Several pages and artworks pertaining to George Washington.
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, Hanna’s Triumphal Approach, on a bicycle toward the White House.
– Some current events include : Propensity of public clamor to start up over the wrong thing, Metropolitan Museum of Art requires workmen to remove their grimy overalls before going in, Marquise de la Tour de Villard has asked South Dakota for a divorce, Doctor Rainsford gets in trouble for speaking against the Bradley-Martins.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!