Life, 1902-03-13 · page 19 of 20
Life — March 13, 1902 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small cartoon at top-center. The cartoon depicts a young couple kissing while an older man (the woman's father, based on the caption) watches from a doorway. The joke's setup states the father previously objected to the man courting his daughter, but now approves—the caption suggests he's changed his mind after meeting the suitor, implying the young man has made a good impression or proven himself worthy. The page otherwise features ads for automobiles (Toledo Steam Carriage, International Motor Car Co., Waverley Electric Vehicles), railroad travel to California, cocktail products, and whiskey. These ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture and leisure travel aimed at middle/upper-class readers. The Santa Fe railway ad prominently advertises a women's club convention, suggesting Life's readership included educated women with disposable income.
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DaiLy. S.Itls feet Into on every factory. \THE Y a aa § ois Ne y “ Se a \ ‘ oe} SN SAE, STEAM — SN = tae A Touring . Car possessing Every Advantage that the name implies. LARGE FUEL CAPACITY, GREAT POWER AND _ STRONG CONSTRUC- TION. ' International Motor Car Co., 91 Fifth Ave., 342 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. He: DORSN'T YOUK FATHER MIND YOUR BRING ALUN WITH MEE “TE DID BRFORE He MET YOU, BUT NOW BE SaY8t TS ALL RIGA,” d5 ATIONAL CONVENTION, Angeles, May 1 to 8. California and back Federation of Women's Clubs, at Los Round-trip tickets to Los Angeles or San Francisco, $50 from Chicago, $47.50 from St. Louis, $45 from Kansas y A Cocktail A Anywhere ( Always ready for use’ and require no mixing. \ THE CLVB ‘ ie COCKTAILS | Manhattan, Holland Gis, Martini, Tom Gin, = Whiskey, Vermouth, York. SI These cocktails are’ made of absolutely} pure and well matured & liquors. They are of & more uniform quality § and more thoroughly mixed than those pre- pared in a moment asf wanted. G. F, HEUBLEIN & BRO. SOLE PROPRIETORS 29 Broadway, New York, and Hartford, Conn, LLLA LAD ALLA LAL AS LIAS LDS ILA LS 2 (LILI ILLLAL LLL LE CLLL & City. Corresponding rates from all points east. On sale April 20 to 273 return limit, June 25; open to everybody ; choice of direct routes returning. ‘Ticket rate cut in two, ‘The journey to California, through New Mexico and Arizona, over the Santa Fe, is a memorable one. En route see Grand Canyon of Arizona, world’s greatest scenic wonder. The California Limited best train for best travelers, daily, Chicago to Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. Also, two other first-class, through California trains, daily, Santa Fe E VEHICLES, IF YOU WANT AN ELECTRIC YOU WANT A WAVERLEY. Unusual Battery Capac jnusual Motor Efficiency. rRice niouT. INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CAR CO., Wavertey DEPARTMENT, INDIANAPOLIS, INO. WY. paancn. 01 NTT AVE For descriptive books enclose ten cents postage to Gexurat Passencer Orrick The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R’y CHICAGO If in Haste Take THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. OLD CROW RYE sktoar WHISKEY SOLE BOTTLERS, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com