Life, 1898-06-30 · page 2 of 21
Life — June 30, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial promotions for: 1. **Hotel Ampersand** — a Adirondack resort offering recreational activities 2. **Gram-o-phone** — a phonograph device, endorsed by Hon. Chauncey M. Depew as entertainment for family and friends 3. **Remington Standard Typewriter** — highlighting new models 4. **Southern Pacific Co.** — travel services to California, Arizona, Mexico, Japan, and China 5. **LIFE magazine itself** — offering framed proofs of original drawings from the publication The decorative illustrations (a woman in period dress, a military figure) are typical of early 20th-century advertisement styling but carry no specific political meaning. This appears to be a back-page or interior advertising section rather than editorial content featuring satire or commentary.
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Tre ADIRONDACKS Hotel Ampersand On lower Saranac Lake. Ten hours | from N without change, ed, Within » princi} resorts in drive he the mountains, Special Attractions for Young People If links, swimming, rowing, ng. ten and For information address Cc. M. EATON, 186 Filth Avenue, New York, To the Country Without a Gram-o-phone. Hon. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW says: “It's the best thing of the kind I know of to entertain one’s family and friends.” NATIONAL GRAM-O-PHONE CO., We shall be 874 Broadwas, cor. Isth St., itary New Yore. gation to purchase. Framed Proofs Originals from LIFE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. . .“Sunggttimited.”" LUXURY, COMFORT, SPEED, California, Arizona, Mexico, Japan, China, Around the World. M9 Broapway, axp 1 Battery Prace (Washington Building), New Yorn. LIFE. VOL. 30. Bound in Maroon and Gold, Green and | Gold, Full Black. PRICE, 84.00. Tf Copies are returned an allowance of $2.00 is made. of For pres OF ANY OF THE ORIGINAL DRAW- INGS FROM LIFE WILL BE FURNISHED, AND LARGE FRAME AND SUITABLY APPLICATION. INGS, INCLUDING TION WITHIN ONE NEW YORK CITY, $4. PROOFS WITHOUT FRAMES AT ABOVE PRICES. OF LIFE AND ORDERS WILL BE FILLED. DAINTILY FRAMED, DOUBLE-PAGE TRANSPORTA- HUNDRED MILES FROM SMALLER DRAWINGS, $2. HALF THE MAKE SELECTIONS FROM FILES PROMPTLY ON DRAW- Proofs are same size as illustrations in LIFE. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 and 21 West Thirty-first Street, New York City, icomicbooks-com