Life, 1900-08-30 · page 2 of 20
Life — August 30, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** rather than satirical content. The top half features two ads: one for W.B.'s "Shirt Waist Corset" by Weingartern Bros. (a corset manufacturer claiming innovation in design), and an announcement for Life's Gibson Calendar for 1901 featuring Charles Dana Gibson's artwork. The bottom half advertises the **Lackawanna Railroad's dining car service**, emphasizing their "Superb Dining Car Service" with "Perfect A La Carte Menu" and "Low Priced Club Meals" (35 cents to $1.00). The accompanying illustration shows passengers dining in an elegant railcar interior. No political satire is evident on this page—it's a commercial publication page typical of early 1900s magazines.
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Ready October First. LIFE’S GIBSON CALENDAR For 1901. Thirteen large cards, 124 x 154, each having, besides the usual monthly calendar, large pictures “Shirt Waist Corset. ” and remark sketches by Charles A distinct and radical style, which all dealers Dana Gibson, held together by sell—for which there can be no substitute. It is a luxuriously cozy model. _ It gives a low bust heavy cord, and handsomely boxed. effect tothe figure, rounding itoff intocurves. It : 3 does away with gawky ridges at the bust and at Price, $2.00. the shoulder blade, This corset is made of strong linen Batiste and French lisle net—the coolest materials ever woven; itis prettily fin- ished and comes in a variety of models, The THE TRADE SUPPLIED. 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. Life Publishing Co., N. Y. WEINGARTEN BROS., Manufacturers, DD dept. L. No, 377 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY. swat YOUWANY “Pay For. ‘WHAT YOU ORDER. g| Superb Dining Qr Service SETS | a Lackawanna mala Ow PRICED ( one MEALS SERVED INDIVIOUALLY FRom 35 3 To $1.00 eee ee OE EG.RUSSELL, T.W.LEE, 8.D.CALDWELL, GEM SUPT. GERLPASSAG. TRAFFIC Mon. COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON _UNDER THE ACT OF 1001.