Life Magazine – July 6, 1893 (# 549) – 4th of July Number

– FOURTH OF JULY NUMBER.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (June), Charles Dana Gibson (Brethren).
– Two page centerspread art by Chip “What we celebrate.”
– Some current events include : College graduations, World’s Fair and the American trumpeting over how good it is, Fourth of July, Diameter of the Ferris Wheel, Mr. Hunt’s medal, “Enlightened hospitality extended by Justice Tighe to our guests the Vikings”  (some rowdy Norwegians got thrown in jail??!), Fall River police.
– Apparently a drilling company has undertaken to bore a hole three thousand feet deep under the World’s Fair and some think there is a layer of air under there that will collapse.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– Half page blue Montserrat Lime-Fruit juice ad, nice!
– Editorial topics include Fourth of July, American Eagle, Geary Law, College students, Senator Stanford, Chicago Fair.
– Quarter page Haviland China ad showing the marks.
– Small Nomad Cycles, bicycles ad.
– Quarter page ad for Northern Pacific Railroad trips to Yellowstone from the Chicago World’s Fair, via Wisconsin Central.
– Quarter page ad for the Ampersand Hotel at Saranac Lake in New York.
– Quarter page ad for Manitou Ginger Champagne, Manitou Springs, Colorado.
– Lots of other great ads, bicycles, cocoa, soap, tobacco, much more.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1893   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!