Life Magazine – November 23, 1893 (# 569) – Thanksgiving Number

Description

Cover : Woman and the Life cherub contemplating a turkey on the table, art by Lee Woodward Zeigler.  Unusual color cover, a dark reddish brown.

– THANKSGIVING NUMBER (much on the holiday, feasting and such)
– Full page art or cartoon art by Frank Otis Small (Landscape format : our cooking class tries its hand at the Thanksgiving dinner).
– Short story : Overheard in Arcady, characters from the household of George Meredith, by Droch.
– Full page ad for Scott’s Emulsion, cream of cod-liver oil and hypophosphites, with art by Lincoln, in dark red, girl dosing turkeys.
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, “A Thanksgiving effort in the early days.”
– Some current events include : Kudos to the voters, Votes have condemned fraud, To do or be anything of consequence be sure to select your grandparents prudently, Francis Parkman, Hawaiian affair.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!