Life, 1900-12-01 · page 44 of 44
Life — December 1, 1900 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement**, not a cartoon or satirical content. It's a Kodak camera advertisement from Life magazine (early 1900s, based on style and pricing). The page features a photograph of a woman in dark clothing holding a folding pocket Kodak camera to her face. The accompanying slogan—"If it isn't an Eastman, it isn't a Kodak"—is a marketing claim asserting Eastman Kodak's brand dominance. The ad promotes Kodak's Folding Pocket models ($10-$17.50) as Christmas gifts, emphasizing their aluminum construction, leather covering, and quality lenses. It also mentions their Panoram Kodaks, Portrait attachments, and affordable Brownie Cameras ($1.00). **No political satire is present.** This is straightforward consumer advertising targeting holiday shoppers, reflecting the era when photography was becoming accessible to middle-class consumers.
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Take a KODAK home for Christmas The Folding Pocket Kinds are made of aluminum, covered with fine seal grain leather and fitted with superb lenses and shutters. $10.00 to $17.50. aa New and interesting phases of Kodak- ery are the Panoram Kodaks for. land- scapes and out-door groups, the Portrait attachments for making large head and shoulder photographs with the small, fixed focus Kodaks, and the two, six and twelve exposure cartridges. which enable the Kodaker to load for a couple of exposures Catalogues free at the dealers or ty mail. at home or for a day's outing. RA EASTMAN KODAK CO., = Kodaks, $5.00 to $35.00 Brownie Cameras,$1.00 Rochester, N. Y. comicbookstcom ere > ae ae