– “Bilkins has just returned.  Where has he been To Monte Carlo to win enough to pay his wedding expenses.  And the wedding Has been postponed for two years.” With half page artwork by Charles Dana Gibson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (February), F. W. Read (reasons for a woman to gaze at a very rotund man), Hy Mayer (Sunday morning in Thebes).
– Full page with poem about “At the Opera” and artwork by Charles Dana Gibson.
– Two page centerspread art by Otto Toaspern, Bench show of unlucky dogs, dogs are behind bars, maybe some kind of humane society?
– Quarter page sculpture by Max Bachmann, Cupid on a dog, Cupids of all nations – England.
– Some current events include : Major McKinley comes into office (President of the USA) and Mr. Cleveland goes out, Much on McKinley who is seen as a safe and wise choice.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – February 25, 1897 (# 740) – At the Opera appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (He called me a colossal ass!  Well, you are large.), C. J. Budd (Prisoner, in for running off with another man’s wife, says he receives flowers from the husband every day).
– Full page ad for the Victor Road Racer bicycle, all text.
– Several pages and artworks pertaining to George Washington.
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, Hanna’s Triumphal Approach, on a bicycle toward the White House.
– Some current events include : Propensity of public clamor to start up over the wrong thing, Metropolitan Museum of Art requires workmen to remove their grimy overalls before going in, Marquise de la Tour de Villard has asked South Dakota for a divorce, Doctor Rainsford gets in trouble for speaking against the Bradley-Martins.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – February 18, 1897 (# 739) – George Washington appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by C. Allan Gilbert (men and women playing in a snowstorm at night in formal wear), Albert D. Blashfield (St. Valentine’s Day), Otto Toaspern (one man and many women, with Poem by Otto as well), Binner Chi (Pabst beer ad in green with Mayflower ship).
– “Did you hear of the dreadful revenge Frothingham took on Miss Dimling when she refused his proposal?” “What was it?” “He proposed to her mother, as Mrs. Dimling was a widow, and now he won’t let a man come to the house to see his step-daughter.”
– Two page centerspread art by Albert Beck Wenzell, On February Fourteenth, Cupid trying to direct young ladies to the correct Valentine’s Day card.
– Some current events include : Doctor Rainsford’s protest against ostentatious expenditure, The Health Board of New York has declared that pulmonary tuberculosis (Consumption) is a communicable disease, Historical verity of the Bible story about Jonah, Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1897 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

The post Life Magazine – February 11, 1897 (# 738) – St. Valentine’s Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Albert Wenzell (But I’m not good enough to have the desire to go to church), Penrhyn Stanlaws (Father in military uniform guarding daughter from young men), Charles Dana Gibson (landscape format, Wearing a Wry face to harmonize with her husband’s Rye nose), Hy Mayer (When the Scotch dialect reaches Japan).
– Small photograph of the Summer residence of Rudolph H. Kissel as part of an ad for Cabot’s Creosote Shingle Stains.
– Charming page border art of animals ice skating by Albert D. Blashfield, A Moonlight Scene on Lake Quotchienimmegog.
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, Life’s School of Journalism, this is a very cute one room school scene.
– Quarter page artwork by Otho Cushing in a decidedly early style.
– Some current events include : Mr. Bourke Cockran said Prosperity is not an abundance of money but an abundance of commodities, Does spending money for fancy balls help trade and promote prosperity?, Does it help provide for the poor?, Mr. Moody discovers a defect in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1897 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – February 4, 1897 (# 737) – School of Journalism appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page of text that is an ad for “Library of the World’s Best Literature,” most boring ad ever!
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (January), Binner Chi (?)(Pabst Malt Extract, with art of the Mayflower ship).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “No, they are only collecting the usual fans and gloves,” men all looking under the table at the conclusion of a dinner party.
– Six part artwork about a poetess and a scarecrow in a high wind.
– Some current events include : Mr. Platt is to be the next Senator from New York and the entire Editor’s page pertains to this.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – January 28, 1897 (# 736) – Fans and Gloves appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Half page artwork by Charles Dana Gibson, A question of quality, “You will get over it, it was only your puppy love.” “ But he was such a nice puppy!”
– Six part artwork of bicyclist giving directions as he is riding, hitting a rock, and wiping out.
– Full page art or cartoon art by C. Allan Gilbert (Engaged man finding out that his girl might not have been serious), A. Roudelle (?) (The Same destiny : sheep going to market, soldiers going to war).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Held Up, Cupid in a bandit’s mask is stopping a couple in the woods.
– Some current events include : Mr. Bayard is returning from London, Some remedies are worse than the disease, Comstock agent encourages artist to draw indecent pictures so that he has grounds for prosecuting him, Zeal for reform in some of the police courts.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1897 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

The post Life Magazine – January 21, 1897 (# 735) – Possibly Engaged appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Otho Cushing (with poem by Martha Gilbert Dickinson, Heart’s Tribunal), F. W. Read (A very humorous conversation with the Father of the bride he wants).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, When Doctors Disagree, Doctor thinks she is sick, Cupid thinks she has an ailment of the heart.
– Half page artwork by D. A. MacKellar (note, signature looks very much like D. A. McKellar but you can clearly see the MAC).
– Some current events include : Painful experience of a number of gentlemen who were guests at a recent dinner party at a fashionable restaurant on Fifth Avenue … the lawful merriment of the diners was checked inopportunely by the visit of a captain of police, Mr. Bryan had the Popocratic nomination for President.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1897 content – fun!

The post Life Magazine – January 7, 1897 (# 733) – When Doctors Disagree appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – June 3, 1897 (# 754) – Overfed Pension “Baby” appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – June 10, 1897 (# 755) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

The post Life Magazine – June 17, 1897 (# 756) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.