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Life Magazine – February 25, 1904 (# 1113) – BEST Gibson art!

Mark — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:04:18 +0000

Cover : Less attractive lady with her gorgeous friend at portrait studio, “These photographs of my friend are beautiful! Can you do some of me just like them?” “Madam, we can do almost anything,” art by Raymond Moreau Crosby.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (February), Kemble (The turtle sings a comic song), F. W. Read (The new bride “You haven’t kissed me for five minutes.” The tired groom “My, how the time flies.”).
– BEST EVER Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Studies in Expression : Bridget announces that she is engaged to be married,” the maid looks humble but happy (she is probably going to lose her job once married) and the matron and her three rich spinster daughters … guess what their expressions are!
– Some current events include : Signs of ill-feelings between the Russians and the Japanese, Americans usually side with the underdog which in this case would be Japan, Huge fire in Baltimore (burned for two days, 1,231 firefighters, burned most of the center of the city including more than 1,500 buildings).
– Half page artwork by James Montgomery Flagg, Single man out walking and meeting married man with his family, both men think “Lucky Dog!”
– Full page ad for Schlitz beer (nice artwork with Doctor giving the reasons Schlitz beer is good).
– Includes excellent small Pope bicycle ad, sweet!
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1904 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – January 28, 1904 (# 1109) – 1904 Presidential election

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:37:28 +0000

Cover : Theodore Roosevelt (I believe) on the arm of a woman labeled “Presidential Nomination 1904” and with a tiny GOP elephant on a lead, “Beware, take care, She’s fooling thee,” art by William H. Walker.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (January), Charles Dana Gibson (A distinction).

– Two page centerspread art by William Balfour Ker (Landscape format : Moonlight).

– Some current events include : The news is all dull these days, We shall all be glad if the Panama tangle is straightened out, Hay-Varilla treaty, 104 lynchings in the United States last year, Average lifespan in Chicago has doubled since 1872, China will remain neutral in any war between Russia and Japan.

– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1904 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – May 5, 1904 (# 1123) – May Day

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:35:49 +0000

Cover : Lovely art of three ladies dancing in a meadow, art by R. M. Crosby.

MAY DAY NUMBER.
– Artists and cartoonists include J. M. Flagg, Victor Perard, Wm. H. Walker, R. M. Crosby, J. Conacher, Gw. Penfield, A. G. Learned, W. O. Wilson, Wm. Balfour-Ker (full page), Lutzky, F. M. Howarth, and others.
– Two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Studies in Expression.
– Very nice quarter page Peerless Touring Cars ad.
– Quarter page Pierce Arrow car ad with unusual buggy type car, art by CH.
– Quarter page Kelly-Springfield tire ad for buggy tires.
– Unusual quarter page notice pertaining to Pioneer patent # 549. 160 pertaining to Gasolene automobiles.
– Quarter page Columbia Light Tonneau car ad, Electric Vehicle Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
– Quarter page Dunlop detachable tires, Hartford Rubber works.
– Small ad with photo for M & M Portable houses.
– Large ad for OUTING magazine, the Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest (sounds like the current OUTSIDE magazine).
– Quarter page Pope manufacturing ad for bicycle innovations such as two-speed gear and new coaster brake.
– Quarter page ad for Caracas sweet chocolate, Walter Baker & Co., Dorchester.
– Current topics include current political platforms, Admiral Alexieff, the stupidity of building war machines.
– To paint the lily, by Agnes Repplier.
– Love, by Tom Masson.
– “They were disappointed in love, weren’t they#8221; “Yes. Each thought the other had money.”
– Wild Animal Whoppers by James Montgomery Flagg.
– The society column contains photos that are either doctored or staged.
– Quarter page ad for Smith, Gray and Company liveries.
– The meanest railroad contest, numbers 18, 19, 10, 21, 22 – anecdotes from readers – made up.
– Full page Veribest Canned Meats with yellow.
– And much more 2Neat vintage Life magazine 1904 content – fun!

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Life Magazine – May 19, 1904 (# 1125)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:33:53 +0000

Cover : Little Boy who has just been spanked by his mother with her shoe, “What is a Mother’s love?” art by F. W. Read.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Kimble (Frogville sketches : the annual outing of the Frogville Fishing club), R. M. Crosby (The course of true love), J. M. Flagg (Almost a tragedy)
– Two page centerspread art by William Balfour-Ker (landscape format, excellent art of couple kissing in the darkroom, “Developing and Printing.”)
– Some current events include : Mr. Joseph Pulitzer makes a strong case for the need for specialized journalism training, Journalism as a profession, Mr. Lyman Gage and sinless wealth acquisition, Missionary Society of the Methodist Church declined to accept a bequest of 75,000 dollars from Mr. Cooper.
– Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1904 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!

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Life Magazine – August 4, 1904 (# 1136)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:32:09 +0000

Cover : Dreamy Butterfly woman looking at real butterfly on thistle, art by John Cecil Clay.

– Full page color Veribest Canned Meats ad with girl in yellow at tiller of sailboat.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Bayard Jones (Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbor), Wildrid Huggins (Guarding the northern passage),
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (In diplomatic circles).
– Some current events include : Political campaign, Redistricting and negros, Judge Parker, Colonel Roosevelt, Coal Strike, Northern Securities case, Panama matter, Henry H. Rogers of Standard Oil.
– “If the Congressional representation could be apportioned in all States according to the number of children of school age who go to school, that would be a fair basis, and the tendency would be to discourage both illiteracy and race suicide.”
– Photo of girls at Life’s Fresh Air camp.
– Wild animal whoppers : the Beaver, by James Montgomery Flagg.
– Von Blumer’s New Auto by T. M. (four pages).
– And much more 1904 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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Life Magazine – August 18, 1904 (# 1138)

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:30:03 +0000

Cover : Gorgeous cover art of woman collecting poppies, art by David Ericson.

– Full page ad for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York with art of an amazing building, the New York Clearing House.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Nesbitt Benson (Measurement : Miss Lovelace, Alicia, will you not consent to be mistress of my estates …).
– Glorious Lake St. John, Canada.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson (In politics : Mr. Tagg finds it expensive and, after all, wonders if it helps him socially).
– Some current events include : Governor Vardaman of Mississippi, Southern Democrats hate President Roosevelt, Mr. Root, Judge Parker, Bishop Potter’s presence at the opening of the Subway Tavern.
– And so much more! Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

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Life Magazine – November 3, 1904 (# 1149) – Thanksgiving Number

Brenda Wiard — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:22:45 +0000

Cover : Man sitting in readiness at the dinner table, art by C. Allan Gilbert.

THANKSGIVING NUMBER.
– Artists and cartoonists include Orson Lowell, Albert D. Blashfield, Charles D. Gibson (full page), Wm. H. Walker, Lutz, Albert Levering, Albert E. Peters, Hampton, Sewell Collins, C. J. Budd, Bradford, Kemble (full page, Frogville sketches), F. T. Richards, Bayard Jones, J. M. Flagg, Harry A. Linnell and others.
– Two page center spread art by Wm. Balfour-Ker, In the Plymouth Woods.
– Cute quarter page Victor talking machine ad, look for the dog.
– Quarter page Barton & Guestier Bordeaux, wines and oils ad.
– Ad for Corliss-Coon men’s collars.
– Curious cartoon or ad for Dr. Skinbury, dermatologist, who fixed a woman’s nose.
– Half page Tiffany ad, pertaining to wedding gifts.
– The nervous scientist, from the Liverpool Post.
– Quarter page ad for the Cecilian Piano Player, Farrand Organ Company.
– Americanus Automobilis.
– Current topics include Political speeches, Senator Quay’s widow, the upcoming election.
– May lieutenants marry?
– Life’s auto race, fifth avenue has at last been secured, great enthusiasm – our motto : Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of pedestrians.
– Are Three American women out of five disappointed in their husbands : responses 9-1 to a contest.
– Fake diary of a fake boy, by Tommy W. lostsome.
– Half page Prudential Insurance company ad with the rock.
– Nice quarter page Winchester rifle ad with art by Gleeson, man shooting moose from canoe.
– Pretty quarter page ad for Murray & Lanman’s Florida Water.
– Nice half page Peter’s Swiss milk chocolate ad.
– And much more 1904 2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

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