Life, 1898-09-08 · page 2 of 20
Life — September 8, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains three distinct ads: 1. **Lehigh Valley Railroad** ad (top left) promotes fishing and canoeing retreats along the railroad line, targeting sportsmen. 2. **"Taken From Life" poetry book** (top right) advertises a verse collection illustrated by Life magazine artists, published by Doubleday & McClure Co. at 75 cents or $1.50 depending on binding. 3. **"Proofs of Original Drawings in LIFE"** (bottom) offers high-quality prints of artwork from Life magazine—hand-printed on Japanese tissue paper, framed in various styles, priced from $2-$4 depending on size and framing. The illustrated figure on the right appears to be a fashionable woman in early 1900s attire, likely decorating the poetry book advertisement. No political satire or social commentary is evident on this page.
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aL eH els LIFE’s POEMS. Gsesesesesesesesesesesesesesesesem) Of Interest to Many of the best of our poets have contributed to TAKEN FROM LIFE Fishermen Lire, and the cleverest and Canoeists artists illustrated them. An unequalled array of pleasant T F Li retreats for the sportsman, where aken Frrom Life fish in greatest variety abound, are . to be found al the li f th . : . a: is a book of dainty fashion Lehigh Valley Railroad in which these good things VERSES are stored in lasting form. All interested should send four cents in stamps for copy of * Hunt- The price is 75 cents in ing and Fishing on the Lebigh wow vot _ . DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE Co. Valley,” to club binding. $1.50 for claleas CHAS. S. LEE full leather. General Passenger Agent NEW YORK SEND TO LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 WEST 81st STREET, NEW YORK Ci Proofs of Original Drawings in LIFE. “THESE proofs are hand-printed on Japanese tissue paper. Large double-page Proofs, framed in Gut, EncusH Oak, or a White frame, including transportation within one hundred miles of New York, $4. Smaller proofs, $2. Proofs without frames, but matted and mounted ready for framing, at half above rates. Send Stamp for LIFE’S Picture Gallery. Proofs same size as Originals in LIFE. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 West 31st Street, N. Y. City. cComicbooks.com