Life, 1900-06-07 · page 3 of 28
Life — June 7, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The top-left features a Kodak camera ad with the slogan "If it isn't an Eastman, it isn't a Kodak" — promoting portable folding cameras ($10-$17.50). The remaining ads showcase bicycles and related products: Columbia chain wheels and coaster brakes (Hartford, CT), Crescent Bicycles ("better than a horse," priced $26-$60), and a W.B. corset advertisement. The only potentially humorous element is Crescent's tagline comparing bicycles favorably to horses, reflecting late-19th/early-20th-century transportation debates. Otherwise, this represents typical period advertising targeting middle-class consumers interested in bicycles and photography — both relatively new consumer technologies of the era.
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If it isn’t an Eastman, it isn’t a Kodak. Folding Pocket Kodaks have achro- matic lenses, automatic shutters, are made of aluminum and load in daylight. $10.00 to $17.50. Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. Catalogues free at the dealers or by mail. BEVEL-cEAR | CHAINLESS Dicycles satisfy riders who want. the best. Columbia, Hartford, Stormer and Pennant Chain Wheels summarize all that is known of the building of bicycles of the chain type, each containing | New Modele, $75. j|the Nighest possible value for its price. New Models, $50, $35,$25 The Columbia Coaster Brake is always reliable and trust- worthy, holding’ the machine in complete control and having none. of the defects of other devices of the kind. Price $5.00 when attached to 1900 models. Columbia Bicycles, HOME OFFICE, HARTFORD, CT. s Break Crescent { Bicycles the whip and f ar , ‘ ; coed ier r : } mount a 4 ho Aq trusted AMERICAS LEADING COR Se. ; ; up batache tn Mita Crescent. Perfect confidence is the foundation of pleasure-riding. Every one can ride a Crescent at this year's prices. 526 Model 52, When you can $35 Model 31. A perfect wheel fe buy a Crescent at this e that bears out the Crescent price, sound and stanch, reputation and permits can you afford to foregothe health every one to own the best. and pleasure the wheel brings? Highly finished in every detail. Option on tires. 560 For the Crescent Chainless Bevel- Gear. There is no quarreling with any Crescent, but this is the wheel of all the famous line; the pride of the expert wheelman. CATALOGUE FREE. “Shirt Waist Corset.” 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 effecttothe figure, rounding it offintocurves. It does sway with gawky ridges at the bust and at ide the shoulder blade. This Corset is made of 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 yourdealer hasn't W B's, send his name and $1.00 to us and we'll for- ward the corset desired. WEINGARTEN BROS., Manufacturers, Dept. L. No, 377 Broatway, NEW YORK CiTy. @cy THE CRESCENT BICYCLE, 801 WELLS STREET, CHICAGO. 86 WARREN STREET, REW YORK,