Life, 1900-05-24 · page 2 of 20
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains multiple product advertisements typical of early 1900s Life magazine: - **O'Neill's Lavida Corset** (left): marketed as superior to imported corsets - **W&B Corset** (center): the "Shirt Waist Corset" for fashionable women - **W.& J. Sloane Oriental Rugs** (right): home furnishings - **Dixon's Graphite Pencils** (right): writing implements - **Cleveland Bicycles** (large center-bottom): emphasizing bevel-gear technology for hill climbing - **Columbia Bicycles** (right): competing bicycle brand with improved models The bicycle advertisements feature illustrations of women riders, reflecting the period's cycling craze and changing attitudes toward women's active participation in sports. No political satire or caricature is present on this page.
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Transact a general busine Recelve subject to Dividends and reat collected Kerr&Co.! genlied act aod pegutinte apd ete, members ‘and sold oo N.Y. Stock Exchange. con ¥ High-Grade Investment Se Lists of ‘current offer 00 application, PHILA Hitn CORRESPONDENTS, MAHAM, KERR & CO. O’NEILL’S LA VIDA “Shirt Waist Corset.” re a W.8I. Sloan Oriental Rugs Large Variety of Sizes and Colorings in Every Make, Dimensions, descriptions, and prices by mail if desired, A distinct and radical style, which all dealers sell—for which there can be no substitute. Itis a luxuriously cozy model. _It gives a low bust effect tothe figure, rounding it off intocurves It a does away wih gawky ridges at the bust and at Broadway & 19th St the shoulder blade. This Corset is made of L NEW YORK t CORSET SUPERIOR TO ANY IMPORTED | | Corset SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY | AND FIFTY PERCENT CHEAPER IN PRICE SIXTH AVENUE NEW YORK strong linen Batiste and French lisle net—the coolest materials ever woven; it is prettily fin- ished and comes in a variety of models. The price anywhere and everywhere in the United States is—$1.00. If your dealer hasn't W B's, send his name and $1.00 to us and we'll for- ward the corset desired. Dixon’ crammen al Are the Standard! ‘Their Leads Don’t Break. Their Grades Neve Pencils for All Uses WEINGARTEN BROS., Manufacturers, YD dept. t. No, 377 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY. Fach one bea not sold by for samples worth double, JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY Jersey City, N.J. You will never know the full charm of Spring and Summer until you own and ride a CLEVELAND, Riders who desire a trim, compact and clean wheel should select a CLEVELAND ta CHAINLESS The superiority of bevel gears for powerful transmission for bicycles has been established beyond question. Bevel-Gear Chaintess Models, $75. Chain Wheels, $40 and $50. . Main Office, CLEVELAND, O. Sexp For Catatocur. HE present son has brozgit & greatly incressd demand for the COLUMBIA now the first choice of experiens! and particular riders everywhere —the best possible evidence of its supe ty. New models for 1900 are of lightesd construction and present radical mechati- } cal improvements. Mbodels 59 and 60, $4) Models 65 and 66, $75. COLUMBIA, HARTFORD, STOR MER AND PENNANT CHAIN WHEELS summarize all that is knowad the building of bicycles of the chain tyre, aK a SS q TT" Crescent Bevel-Gear is the perfect hill climber—no lost motion, every ounce counts—no lost power, but steady, | regular speed up any hill, The Crescent Bevel-Gear oa = Chainless Bicycles have overcome all the objections to Chainless models—they last longer—they are the most econom- ical bicycles to purchase, Send for Catalogue. PRICES Bevel-Gear Chainless Models, 41, 42, . . $50, $60 Chain Models, + + $25, $26, $30, $35 » THE CRESCENT BICYCLE 503 Wells Street, Chicago, Ill, 36 Warren Street, New York each containing the highest possible vals for its price. New Models, $50, $35, $2 THE COLUMBIA COASTER BRAKE is alwaysreliable and trastworts, holding the machine in complete coat! and having none of the defects of otht devices of the kind. Price $5.00 when attached to 1900 modes Columbia Bloycles, HOME OFFICE, . . HARTFORD, CONN comicbooks.com