Life, 1901-08-22 · page 19 of 20
Life — August 22, 1901 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** from an early 20th-century *Life* magazine, with one small cartoon. The cartoon (upper left) depicts a doctor and patient. The patient complains he's "not much better" and fears "there's too much of me ever to be all well at once"—a joke about a portly, overweight man whose bulk makes complete health impossible. The humor relies on body-shaming and the stereotype that obesity is inherently ridiculous. The rest of the page contains period advertisements: Ramona Athena sugar wafers, Pozzoni complexion powder, Whitman's chocolates, Harper Rye whiskey, and railroad travel ads to Colorado and Utah. These ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture and marketing tactics targeting gentlemen (whiskey) and women (complexion products, chocolates). The magazine itself cost $4.00 bound annually.
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EoenrR. der DIFFICULT. The Doctor: AND ARE YOU PRELANG QUITE WELL AGAIN NOW, OM! DOCTOR, PM NOT MUCH BETTER: MM APHAID THEKR'S TOO MUCH OF 1B EVER TO BR ALL WELL AT ONCE —Moonshine. FOR GENTLEMEN who cherish quality—and everybody who knows a good thing. If local dealers can- not supply it, write to the distillers, BERNHEIM BROS., Loulsville, Ky. Lemon Flavor. of a delicate dessert. National Biscuit Company, oo) FB ondroctions i COMPLEXION <—o S ‘ } Don’t miss all of the r sweet things of life. Tr: a box of WHITMAN'S. For male everywhere, Whttman's lastantancons Chocolate, Made {n @ minute with bolllag milk STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, 1316 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. is famous for keep sng the ekin roftand Y Put it on with o xmall piece of chamols skin Sample free, J.A.P0ZZO Ba NEW YORKo® ST.LOUIS: Gold, Green and Gold, Full Black. FE VOL. 36. Bound in Maroon and ° Price, $4 00. olorado acruan $25.00 UTAH $40.29 DATES OF SALE—AUG. Isr TO 101m. SEPT. 187 TO OTH. ‘These rates are from Chicago, and correspondingly low from other points. Low rates all summer on the luxurious trains THE COLORADO SPECIAL One Night to Denver. THE OVERLAND LIMITED Two Nights to Utah. These two fast trains leave Chicago daily and provide the best of everything. Send 4c. stamp for “Colorado Illustrated.” Par- ticulars of any agent, or address Pamctrat, Aounctes:—46t Broadway, New York; 6ot Chestnut 8t., Phila. Sciphia; 68 Washington St.. Bost 1 Main St., Buffalo; 212 Clark St, 0; 435 Vine St., Clacidnatt; so7 SmithGeld St., Pittsburg; 234 Su} iq or te Gieseland: 37 Campus Martius, Detroit; 2 King6t., Toronto, Ont. Chicago, Union Pacific & North-Western Line comicbooks.com