Life, 1900-07-19 · page 17 of 22
Life — July 19, 1900 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains vintage ads from circa 1900 for: - **Sozodont** toothpaste (emphasizing dentist endorsement) - **Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway** fast express trains - **Columbia bicycle** with "bevel-gear chainless" technology - **Blees Military Academy** (a boys' school) - **Long Beach Hotel** and **United States Hotel at Saratoga Springs** (luxury resorts) - A literary prize contest offering $5,000 cash There is one small illustration labeled "OUTINGS" showing a cyclist on a Columbia bicycle, but it's decorative rather than satirical. The page reflects **Gilded Age consumer culture**: promoting leisure travel, sports, education, and modern conveniences (bicycles, trains) to affluent Americans. The resorts emphasize golf, polo, and refined accommodations—markers of wealth and status during this era.
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street ery lag tenance. e Upe todng tternag when be up, aot one Inte a whelt you dare on, n't tay al, abd en in bis 1 me ct Sozodont Toothache, that «hell of all dis- eases,” is avoided by using SOZODONT regularly. Dentists have prescribed it for over forty years. Be; Te. P.O. Box 27, N. ¥. City. TEE THs BREATH } Express Trains. ‘The service of fast express trains af- forded by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. between the citles of Chi- cago, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Boston, operated in connection with the New York Central and Boston & Atbany roads east of Buffalo, 1s not equalled on the American continent either In frequency, speed, punctuality or equip- ment. Send for “* Book of Trains” to A. J. SMITH, G. P. & T.A., J Cleveland, Ohio. yel rtant adjunct to ravel. Take ode S| The ideal wheel for ‘outing purposes is The Columbia Bevel- Gear Chainiess. Always ready to ride. Alwa’s at its highest | Unexcelled cuisine, fine orchestra, surf and Biers Mimnirary ACADEMY A SCHOOL FOR noys NOT A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE IF FOR ANY RBASON YOU ARF INTER- ESTED IN BOYS SCHOOLS, IT WILL ME WORTH YOUR WIULE TO SEB THE YEAR NOOK. SEND FOR IT. ADDRESS BLEES MILITARY ACADEMY ecco MLEES PLACE MACON, MuRBOURE To Literary Workers WILL BE $5,000 Cash “Gwen. SEE JULY NUMBER OP THE SMART SET (Just Out) For List of Prizes. Tre Coorest Resort Near New York City. LONG BEACH HOTEL LONO BEACH, L. 1. FINE GOLF LINKS For the exclusive use of the guests of this hotel. still-water bathing, fishing and sailing. ADIRONDACKS, W 7 W ON UPPER Livery and good accommodations A B E EK, SARANAC LAKE. Sor bicycle parties, Open June to October, Pure Spring Drinking Water, INDIAN CARRY GOLF LINKS. For booklet address J. BEN HART, Proprietor, Wawbeek, Frankiln Co., N. ¥. A. E. DICK, - - Proprietor. <UNITED STATES HOTEL} \SARATOGA SPRINGS: : Americas Leading Summer EP Hotel andthe Social Center AS 4@ Of Saratoga Springs@A ‘\) OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER ist, 1900. comforts, including baths and steam heat, of private houses. Luxurious accommodations en suite, or comfortable single rooms, with or without baths, GOLF LINKS and POLO GROUNDS UPON WHICH HOTEL GUESTS HAVE PRIVILEGES ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET ON CAPPLICATION