Life, 1902-03-13 · page 20 of 20
Life — March 13, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon ("First Lessons in Horticulture"):** A satirical illustration from the French publication *Le Rire* shows a professor lecturing to students from atop an enormous insect, pointing to a blackboard diagram. The joke treats humans as harmful insects that destroy gardens and crops—inverting the typical hierarchy. It's a humorous inversion: rather than insects being pests to humans, *man* is portrayed as the destructive pest to nature. This reflects early-20th-century anxieties about industrial agriculture and humanity's relationship with the natural world. **Nestor Cigarettes Advertisement:** Features an ornately dressed camel (or similar beast) with decorative Middle Eastern-style trappings and a turbaned figure below, likely playing on orientalist exoticism popular in period advertising to market cigarettes as exotic/luxurious goods. **Remaining Content:** The page is predominantly **advertisements** for period products (brandy, ale, gum, champagne, investment securities, shoe binding), typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model.
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3 FIRST LESSONS IN HORTICULTURE, The Professor? MAN 18 A WARMPUL INSECT } HE DEVOURS OUR SALADS AND THIS PROGENY RAVAGE OCR GARDENS, —Le Rire. CHEW BEEMAN’S PEPSIN GUM Cures Indigestion and Sea-Sickness. AML Others aro tnitaticas. “A Genuine Old Brandy made from Wine.” — Medical Press (London), Aug. 1899. MARTELL'S THREE STAR BRANDY AT ALL BARS AND RESTAURANTS. PRESS OF THE 4. W. PRATT CO. MEW YORK. Not since ale was first brewed, centuries ago, has it attained the perfection shown to-day in every BOTTLE of EVANS’ ALE There you find the crowning achievement of a century of progress in the brewing industry. ©, IL Evans & Sows, - Est, 178, —THadson, N, Y, Redmond, ( wei‘tnne INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Kerr &Co. BANKERS, 41 WALL ST., N.Y. Members N.Y. Stock Exchange, Available Over the World, Issue Travellers* Letters of Credit The Highest Type of French Champagne CODMAN & HALL CO. Agents for the U. 8. BOSTON, - = = MASS. Look on back of the Skirt Bind- ing you buy for the trade-mark S.H.& M. It is your guarantee that you are getting the Best Made. comicbooks.com