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

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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!