Life Magazine – October 31, 1889 (# 357) – European titles for sale (marriage)

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Cover : The New Pegasus, wings of a buzzard grafted onto a mule, art by Thomas Starling Sullivant.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Stephen W. Van Schaick (How timid and shy the bride appears … Naturally, this is her fourth husband),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Titles for sale, Rich American girls being held back for American boys while penniless European royalty look on.
– Some current events include : President Eliot prefers the Democratic party, Young Mr. Carroll of Maryland is going lion hunting in Africa, What could anyone want with Emerson’s skull now that the brains are out?, Mr. Barnum’s show was loaned to England, Miss Susan B. Anthony is part of a suit against the American Glucose company, Harvard selects a colored class day orator.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!