Life, 1889-07-04 · page 20 of 20
Life — July 4, 1889 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and financial reporting**, not satirical content. It contains: **Advertisements:** - **Kodak Camera**: promoting the revolutionary concept of user-friendly photography ("You press the button, we do the rest") - **Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.**: selling transparent film for roll holders - **Delaware & Hudson Railroad**: advertising resort destinations (Adirondacks, Lake George, Lake Champlain) accessible via their line to New York and Montreal **Financial Statement:** The lower half displays a "Condensed Statement" from the Equitable Life Assurance Society (dated January 1, 1889), detailing assets, liabilities, surplus, new assurance written, and income figures—standard corporate reporting. **Historical context**: This reflects the Gilded Age boom in consumer technology (photography), tourism infrastructure (railroads), and institutional finance. There is **no visible political satire or cartoon** on this page—it represents typical late-19th-century magazine content mixing advertisements with financial news.
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Ne Ee ee The Kodak Camera “Vou press the button, - we do the rest.” ly can use for the Primer free. The Kodak is for sale by all Photo stock dealers. A Transparent Film ® 8) For Roll folders. eby made tha ¢ perfected a process for ¢ in roll holders and Kodak C: The as glass. It requ It will be known ples will be sent to any address on receipt Price $25.00—Loaded for roo Pictures. The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. ROCHESTER, N. Y. [Jury 4, 1889. THE Particular Attention 3 OF THE Traveling Public Is called to the unparalitled de- velopment of the Great Pleasure Resorts IN THE AND ON THE SHORES OF LAKE GEORGE ayy LAKE CHAMPLAI * MOUNTAIN AND LAKE RESORTS i reached only by the DELAWARE & HUDSON R.R THE SHORTEST LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MONTREA ae t Enclose Six Cents in stamps for Illustrated Guide to Saratoga, Roun) Lake, Cooperstown, Howe's Cave, Sharon Springs, Ausable Chasm) Lakes George and Champlain, The Adirondacks, Ete., Ete,, to J. W. BURDICK, Cen. Pass. Agent, } H. G. YOUNG, 2d Vice-Prest. ALBANY, WN. Y. ind are ] VITAPLE LIFE SED STATEMENT. ASSETS, - LIABILITIES, 4, SURPLUS, + NEW } ASSURANCE, { OUTSTANDING } ASSURANCE, INCOME, = SURPLUS EARNED | \ IN 1888, PERCENTAGE OF ) ASSETS ‘TO ~ LIABILITIES, INCREASE | IN SURPLUS, | INCREAS S IN INCOM? | INCREASE |} IN ASSETS, 1 $95.042.922.96 $74,248,207.81 _$20.794.715-15 9153,933.535- $549,216,126.00 $26,.958.977.59 $5,067,123.68 125 L $2.60, 460. 30 $3,718,128. 30 $10,664,018. 11