Life, 1899-12-02 · page 39 of 44
Life — December 2, 1899 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine (circa 1900), not satirical content. It contains three distinct advertisements: 1. **Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey**: A Christmas spirits ad emphasizing the product's consistency ("quality to-day is just what it was 10 years ago") and positioning it as an appropriate holiday gift for "Health, Happiness and Hospitality." 2. **Prudential Insurance**: Features a circular "Family Circle" design with portraits surrounding a central shield labeled "Strength of Gibraltar"—Prudential's famous corporate symbol. Advertises profit-sharing policies ranging $100,000 to $15, targeting ages 1-70. 3. **Two 1900 Calendars**: Life Publishing Company promotes artistic calendars featuring drawings by C.D. Gibson and A.D. Blashfield, priced at $2.00 and $1.00 respectively. The page reflects turn-of-century American consumer culture: whiskey as respectable holiday commerce, life insurance as modern financial security, and decorative calendars as desirable gifts.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
andiag alle SSSOSHSOOOS ODO OOOO MAO SSIES HST HAIDA DSO OA POOP PDA DD | Sweet Home Festival Merry Christmas For Health, Happiness and Hospitality, and for Christmas cheer no whiskey can bo better recommended than Hunter Baltimore Rye Ite auperior quality unites the purest type of the purest ichiskey with Age ‘years Flavor Uniformity aprrstosy Ite quality to-day ia just WM LANAHANG SON, what it was 10 years ago BALTIMORE and will be 10 years hence What's more gracious as a present than a bottle of this true old cheer and comfort? Sold at all First-Class Cafes and by Jobbers. STRENGTH OF / GIBRALTAR [.) j ain POLICIES . . . $100,000 10 $15. 4 [AGES 1 TO 70-BOTH SEXES, Cwo Artistic Calendars for 1900, Lire’s Girsson CALENDAR. Thirteen large sheets heavy plated board, 11 x 14, in box. Each month’s calendar in red and black with appropriate drawing by C. D. Gibson. $2.00. HH KH LIFE’s OuT-oF-Door CALENDAR. Handsomely printed in red and black on heavy paper. Cover design and twelve humorous and characteristic draw- ings, one for each month by A. D. Blashfield. Separate leaves, 11 x 14. $1.00. To be had of all booksellers, newsdealers, and print- dealers, or sent, carriage free, on receipt of price by LIFE PUBLISHING CONPANY, 19 West Thirty-first Street, New York City. : : 3: : comicbookscom