Life Magazine Covers — Vintage Gibson Girls & Urban Satire 1885–1928

The original Life (1883–1936, not the later Henry Luce photo-magazine) was a weekly humour and satire magazine that defined American visual culture between the Gilded Age and the Jazz Age. Charles Dana Gibson’s Gibson Girl appeared first on its covers; J. C. Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, and Howard Chandler Christy all drew for it.

Vintage Life magazine covers

Life — January 5, 1905

Life — January 5, 1905

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Life — January 19, 1905

Life — January 19, 1905

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Life — April 20, 1905

Life — April 20, 1905

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Life — September 21, 1905

Life — September 21, 1905

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Life cover — December 28, 1898

Life cover — December 28, 1898

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Life cover — June 4, 1902

Life cover — June 4, 1902

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Life cover — October 3, 1906

Life cover — October 3, 1906

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Life cover — July 26, 1899

Life cover — July 26, 1899

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Life cover — July 2, 1902

Life cover — July 2, 1902

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Life cover — January 30, 1907

Life cover — January 30, 1907

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Life cover — August 16, 1899

Life cover — August 16, 1899

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Life cover — August 6, 1902

Life cover — August 6, 1902

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Life cover — December 29, 1909

Life cover — December 29, 1909

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Life cover — September 6, 1899

Life cover — September 6, 1899

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Life cover — August 27, 1902

Life cover — August 27, 1902

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Life cover — July 30, 1913

Life cover — July 30, 1913

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Life — February 16, 1905

Life — February 16, 1905

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Life cover — November 8, 1899

Life cover — November 8, 1899

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Life cover — October 1, 1902

Life cover — October 1, 1902

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Life cover — December 13, 1899

Life cover — December 13, 1899

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Life cover — October 8, 1902

Life cover — October 8, 1902

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Life cover — October 4, 1893

Life cover — October 4, 1893

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Life cover — December 20, 1899

Life cover — December 20, 1899

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Life cover — December 17, 1902

Life cover — December 17, 1902

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Life cover — October 24, 1894

Life cover — October 24, 1894

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Life cover — February 28, 1900

Life cover — February 28, 1900

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Life cover — November 25, 1903

Life cover — November 25, 1903

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Life cover — December 5, 1894

Life cover — December 5, 1894

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Life cover — May 16, 1900

Life cover — May 16, 1900

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Life cover — December 2, 1903

Life cover — December 2, 1903

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Life cover — June 19, 1895

Life cover — June 19, 1895

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Life cover — May 22, 1901

Life cover — May 22, 1901

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Life cover — March 23, 1904

Life cover — March 23, 1904

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Life cover — December 25, 1895

Life cover — December 25, 1895

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Life cover — June 5, 1901

Life cover — June 5, 1901

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Life cover — April 6, 1904

Life cover — April 6, 1904

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Life cover — January 8, 1896

Life cover — January 8, 1896

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Life cover — June 26, 1901

Life cover — June 26, 1901

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Life cover — June 8, 1904

Life cover — June 8, 1904

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Life cover — August 19, 1896

Life cover — August 19, 1896

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Life cover — August 14, 1901

Life cover — August 14, 1901

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Life cover — May 10, 1905

Life cover — May 10, 1905

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Life cover — February 17, 1897

Life cover — February 17, 1897

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Life cover — October 16, 1901

Life cover — October 16, 1901

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Life cover — August 23, 1905

Life cover — August 23, 1905

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Life cover — February 24, 1897

Life cover — February 24, 1897

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Life cover — November 20, 1901

Life cover — November 20, 1901

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Life cover — October 11, 1905

Life cover — October 11, 1905

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Life cover — March 17, 1897

Life cover — March 17, 1897

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Life cover — April 2, 1902

Life cover — April 2, 1902

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Life cover — June 13, 1906

Life cover — June 13, 1906

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