Life, 1899-07-06 · page 2 of 20
Life — July 6, 1899 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire or commentary. The top advertises **Arrow Brand** collars (2 for 25¢) by Cluett Peabody & Co., featuring a product image of a detachable collar labeled "Brockley." The right side promotes the **Puget Sound Region** as a tourist destination, highlighting timber, grain, fruit, agriculture, and rail access via New York Central Lines. The lower half advertises **Charles Dana Gibson's artwork** available through LIFE Publishing Company. Gibson's drawings—hand-printed on Japan paper—are offered as decorative proofs suitable for gifts. Double-page pictures cost two dollars; smaller ones cost one dollar. A catalog is available for ten cents. The small illustration labeled "Wireless Telegraphy" depicts an interior dinner scene, likely demonstrating Gibson's artistic style rather than making a specific social point.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THE PUGET SOUND REGION Opens a new world to the people of the East. Here you see the finest timber in America; one of the finest grain regions; a section celebrated for its delicious fruits; a country rich in agricul. ROCKLEY tural and mineral resources; and it can be reached by the luxurious trains of the New York Central Lines and their connections. CueTT,PeaBopy & Co. MAKERS Ing George I. Dantet eral Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, New York. CHARLES DANA GIBSON DRAWS EXCLUSIVELY FOR LIFE. L FE publishes proofs of the best work of all its leading artists, including C. D. Gibson. These proofs are MAND-PRINTED, ON JAPAN PAPER, mounted ready for framing. They are attractive and artistic decorations for any house, and are as suitable presents—holiday, wed- ding, birthday, or for any occasion—as one can give. The double-page pictures, size 15x20 inches, cost two dollars each, and can be purchased of leading art stores and stationers, Smaller pictures reprinted from other pages in Lire, one dollar each. Sent by express. These Original Proofs are not to be con- founded with the cheaper prints cut from books or back numbers of Lire. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. | Catalogue on application, ten cents, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 and 21 West dist Street, New York City. _ COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN @Y JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1091. comicbooks.com