Life, 1901-01-24 · page 17 of 20
Life — January 24, 1901 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from *Life* magazine, not a political cartoon. The page displays various product advertisements from the early 1900s, including: - **Kodak cameras** and photography supplies - **De Dion-Bouton motorettes** (early automobiles) - **Lyons Silks** fabrics - **Canadian Club whisky** and **Old Overholt whiskey** - **Bicycle playing cards** - **Train travel to California** via the Overland Limited - **Charles Dana Gibson dinner cards** (Gibson was *Life*'s famous cartoonist) The only narrative content is a brief, comedic anecdote about a dyspeptic man discovering Ripans Tabules antacids at a drug store counter—a typical late-19th-century patent medicine advertisement masquerading as humor. There is no political satire or significant social commentary on this page. It reflects the consumer culture and commercial focus of *Life* during this period.
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“Pocket Kodak Portraiture” is the title of a daintily printed and instructive booklet about home picture taking, which has just been issued by the Kodak Press, The illustrations are all from the Kodak of Mr. Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr., and include a number of his most charming studies of child life. Free at the Kodak dealers’ or by mail. LIFE: LAMMARION OPERA 35, oprictun, 157, . NEW-YORK Lyons Silks. SPECIAL IMPORTATION. 2 Se ee ee ee ee J = o Luxurious Every- Day Train to California Printed Satins, Gaze and Grenadines . for Evening Dress. Rich Chené and Brecades ” for Dinner Gowns, . White Silks and Satins for Bridal Gowns. Novelties for Bridesmaids’ Dresses. EASTMAN KODAK CO. Rochester, N. Y. New York Type Motorette. Weight 700 Ibs. Price,$1,200, SIMPLICITY STRENGTH DURABILITY OPERATED BY HYDRO CARBON MOTOR Louisine, Broadway HE 9b ot. NEW YORK. Itts not an accident that Playing Cards are popular’from Greenland to Australia. It ls because their superior merit has made them the standard of excellence the world over. “Card Games, and How to Play Them” a 120 page book mailed for six flap ends from Bicycle boxes, or five 2c. stamps. Dept.27, Tue U. S. PLavinc Carp Co., Cincinnati, For Depticate Whist use Paine’s, Kalamazoo, or U.S. Trays. The world-wide appreciation accorded “Canadian Club” Whisky is the best testi- mony as to its intrinsic merit. Its delicate fla- vour and un- mistakable aroma have made it the de- sired whisky of the connoisseur everywhere. The Overland Limited leaves Chicago 6:30 p. m. via Chicago & North-Western,Union Pacific and Southern Pacific System. Dining carsa la carte. Buffet Library Cars with barber. Draw- ing Room Sleeping Cars without charge. The best of eveything. Send for booklet ‘California Illustrated.’” olan. 17 Campes Martles, Detroit heagu,2KingSt,£ast, Toronto, Out. ee 4 ra ee titties tt A box of Ripans Tabules on a drug store counter lay, A poor dyspeptic victim espled them there one day, In old times whiskey was not harmful; that kind is not harmful now. OLD OVERHOLT Bottled In Bond Direct from the barrel. A. Ovgnnott & Co., PITTOBURG, Pa. Life’s Gibson Dinner Cards. 25 Subjects, Mostly Single Figares, from Charles Dana Gibson's Cartoons, $3.75 the Set of 25. 15 Cents Each. To be had of the book and art dealers, or sent, carriage prepaid, on receipt of price by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 West Thirty-First Street. New York City,