Life Magazine – January 3, 1895 (# 627) – Happy New Year

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Cover : New Year’s Number, unusual cover art (for this year) by Stephen Van Schaick.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson, plain woman friend consoling new widow.
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, A promise of a happier new year for Andromeda, in this art she is “New York” and a man has just slain the three-headed Tammany monster.
– Most of two pages devoted to Henrik Ibsen, including photos altered with his old head on different bodies.
– Some current events include : Uncertainty about the death of Mr. Stevenson, Trinity says it owns only a few of the bad tenements attributed to it, Business is better than it was a year ago, Paintings of George Inness.
– “If there is no race for the America’s cup next season, the New York Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron evidently intend that it shall not be for lack of wind.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1895 content – fun!