Life, 1900-12-13 · page 2 of 20
Life — December 13, 1900 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis This page is primarily **advertising** rather than political satire or comics. The main advertisements include: - **Hertz Brothers Furniture**: A luxury goods vendor highlighting high-end home furnishings - **Gibson Drawing Promotion**: Life magazine offers a free signed C.D. Gibson portrait (a famous illustrator) to new subscribers - **De Dion-Bouton Motorette**: An early automobile advertisement - **Arnold Constable & Co.**: Infants' clothing retailer - **Whitman's Chocolates**, **Sen-Sen Perfume**, and **White Rock Water**: Consumer product ads The Gibson portrait offer is the most noteworthy content—it's a subscription incentive featuring one of his recognizable stylized female portraits ("The Widow"), presented as valuable exclusive content for subscribers. This reflects early 1900s magazine marketing practices rather than satirical commentary.
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A Gorgeous Array of Furniture. Nothing is so well adapted for gifts as artistic home furnishines. They combine in the highest degree the attributes of elegance and utility. In our immense collection may be found exquisite examples of Louis XIV., XV., XVI. Italian Rena‘ssance and Empire furniture, in the greatest variety of woods, styles and coverings. Rich and rare Gobelin tapestries, Hangings in Bokhara silks, Brocades and Velours; Turkish, Moorish and Indian stuffs in wonderful colors and effects. Contrary to the generat impression, our productions are not high in price. Emphatically, they are more than reasonable — they are actually low. HERTS BROTHERS, Broadway and 20th Street. FREE! A SIGNED GIBSON DRAWING! A HEAD of Gisson’s Most Bewitching Girl +X. may be yours for nothing. Each proof signed personally by C. D. Gibson, matted and ready for framing, 14 inches by 11 inches in size, on Japan paper. We show herewith a sketch of the beautiful heroine of Mr. Gibson's new series of cartoons, “A Wipow axp Her Frienps,"’ Mr. Gibson's latest and most important work, which is now appearing in Lire. The portrait is mach larger and shows her full face. You can secure the signed portrait only by sending $5.00 for a new subscription to Lire for one year. The drawing will not be sold or reprinted. It is for the exclusive ownership of our subscribers. At the expiration of this offer the plate will be destroyed. New subscribers will receive for five dollars a year’s subscription to Lire and the signed por- trait which you can get in no other way, also all the copies of YarE in which cartoons of The Cia NOT CAN RIPON TOU wiEL. aicere: Widow" series have already appeared, THIS MERELY IVES AN IDEA OP TUE WIDOW. Absatmcla eee, Catalogue of 159 examplva of proofs in mintature by Gibson, Hanna, Gilbert and others, for satatlon: boat on cesetot of amsth. Lire PusLisHine Co., 19 West 81st St., N.Y. a Constable K3Co, | Infants’ Outfittings. | | | Throat Ease and Breath Perfume. Real Lace Robes de Baptemé, French Caps, Long Cloaks, Hand-made Dresses. RB BEAUTIFUL BUST Layettes Hach ae Phondway B iib a GUARANTEED. Nurses’ and Pik Caps and A Bust Developer aprons; SAFE. SURE. PERMANENT. } — Beautifal booklet mailed on re THE MADAME TAXIS TOILET CO. NEW YORK. DEPT. Bx. CHICAGO, ILL. COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES NENDEREON New York Type Motorette. Weight 700 Ibs. Price $1,200 SIMPLICITY ‘ STRENGTH DURABILITY OPERATED BY HYDRO CARBON MOTOR) 20.000 IN USE General Offices and Factory, Church Lane and 37th St., Brooklyn. N.Y, Office, sz West 66th St, N. Y. City, Thereis pleasant anticipation and delightful realization in a box of Whitman’s Chocolates on? Confections Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate is perfect In flavor and quality, de- liclous and healthful. Made’ in- stantly with botling milk. STEPHEN F.WHITMANG SON, 1316 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. teR wnt YpTER has no salty mineral taste. comicbooks.com