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Life

Life was an American magazine of humor, commentary, and entertainment founded by John Ames Mitchell in the 19th century. (He also edited it for the majority of its run, until his death.)

Publication History

Life began in 1883. No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. (More details) In 1936, the magazine was bought by Henry Luce of Time, Inc., who launched a new magazine with the same name but completely different staff and subscription base. We are not aware of active copyrights in the issues linked below.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1883-1929, 1932: HathiTrust has volumes 1-91, 93-94, and 99, scanned from the University of Michigan, freely readable online. Some later volumes at this site are searchable but not readable.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 89, covering January-June 1927, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1927: The Internet Archive has volume 90, covering July-December 1927, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 91, covering January-June 1928, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1928: HathiTrust has uly-September 1928 issues from volume 92, scanned in color.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 92, covering July-December 1928, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 93, covering January-June 1929, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1929: The Internet Archive has volume 94, covering July-December 1929, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1930: The Internet Archive has volume 95, covering January-June 1930, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1930: The Internet Archive has volume 96, covering July-December 1930, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1931: The Internet Archive has volume 97, covering January-June 1931, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1931: The Internet Archive has volume 98, covering July-December 1931, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1932: The Internet Archive has volume 99, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1933: The Internet Archive has volume 100, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1934: The Internet Archive has volume 101, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1935: The Internet Archive has volume 102, scanned from black and white microfilm.
• 1936: The Internet Archive has volume 103, scanned from black and white microfilm.

Related Resources

• We also list issues of the Time-Inc. version of Life, which ran until the end of the 20th century.

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