Life, 1900-12-01 · page 39 of 44
Life — December 1, 1900 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains four commercial advertisements from circa early 1900s: 1. **Hunter Baltimore Rye** whiskey—marketed as a 100-year-old spirit for Christmas drinking, emphasizing age and purity. 2. **Edison Phonographs and Records**—promoting nine machine styles ($10-$100) as the "only kind worth having," with catalogues available. 3. **Omnigraphy** water advertisement (right panel)—unclear from the visible text, but appears to be promoting a branded water product. 4. **Bausch & Lomb Stereo Binocular Glasses**—optical equipment advertised as superior to ordinary binoculars, with free illustrated booklets offered. The only potential social reference is the Christmas/holiday drinking theme in the whiskey ad, which was common advertising during this era before Prohibition. Otherwise, this is straightforward commercial promotion typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model.
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Christmas Cheer Under the Holly and Cedar of Christ- mas the Punch Bowl will over- flow. Time honors this custom, Whether it holds Apple Jack, Eggnog or Punch 10o-Year Old Hunter Baltimore Rye Batrimore RYE sorrito BY We Son Because of its mellow age rons and Purity, above all ot whiskies, will give the | Richest Flavor. Sold at all First-Class Cafés and by Jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. Bausch % ‘ and EDISO Le Lomb- PHONOGRA PH S6vaaag fa ; AND RECOR h The Only Kind Worth Having. Nine Styles of machines, from $10.00 to $100.00 strong it is becs ‘ marvelous power, None genuine without this Ahn Bina Ewe ts0 different. Records from which to make a choice Kecord Lists and Catalogues of all Phonograph Dealers, NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO. 136 Fitth Avenue. New York. BINOCULAR GLASSES ned to the mariner—be had to have it. NOCULAR a Illustrated Booktet FREE Wo will also send you a Catalog of Micro= scopes, Photo Lenses, Chemicals and Labo- ratory Supplies if interested. Sold by All Dealers The lance feld ts as many times laryer than the emall of the STE Ni L. J iarzer than the feld of th Ordinary binocular.” BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY New York, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Chicago