Life, 1901-05-23 · page 17 of 22
Life — May 23, 1901 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It showcases luxury consumer goods from the early 1900s aimed at affluent readers. Key advertisements include: - **Embroidered bed spreads and linens** from James McCutcheon & Co., emphasizing Irish linen and handwork - **Redfern corsets** ($2.50–$10.99), marketed with language about "perfect figures" and "well-gowned women"—reflecting period obsessions with corseted silhouettes - **Folding Pocket Kodak cameras** ($10–$17.50), positioned as portable luxury goods - **Flammarion opera glasses**, trading on the prestige of the famous French astronomer's name The **Redfern corset ad** is most revealing of period attitudes: it promises to shape the body into an "ideal" form through "straight front designs" and "curved" construction—reflecting Edwardian beauty standards that valued extremely corseted figures. No political cartoon or satire appears on this page—it's a straightforward commercial document showing what wealthy Americans purchased and how advertisers marketed femininity, domesticity, and technological novelty.
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