Life, 1902-06-12 · page 2 of 20
Life — June 12, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** with no political cartoons or satirical content. The left side features an **Eden cigar advertisement** emphasizing exclusivity and a Paris Exposition gold medal, noting the company was appointed to make cigars for King Edward VII's coronation banquet. Below is an advertisement for **Gibson Panels**—decorative wall panels featuring five illustrated female heads (likely Gibson Girl illustrations), marketed as "dainty and unique decoration for odd-sized spaces." The right side lists **book advertisements** from McClure, Phillips & Co., including Sherlock Holmes and other period literature. The bottom right shows an **insurance advertisement** for The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, promoting accident and life policies. This is a typical early-20th-century magazine page mixing consumer goods advertising with literary promotions.
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COPYAIGMT FOR That fine, exclusive brand of Imported Cigar that took the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition, 1900 We have now been appointed to make the cigars for the Official and Royal Banquets at the Coronation of H.M. King Edward VII. of Great Britain, Carixto Lopez & Co. 177 Pearl Street, New York Zulueta Street, Havana A Prince of Good Fellows By ROBERT BARR Sprightly adventares of James V., the ‘merry monarch” of Scotland, who bat interesting habit of wandering avoat his realm incognito, Mustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan St.g0 Myra of the Pines By HERMAN K. VIELE ‘The author of “ The Last of the Knickerbockers * and “The Iun of the Silver Man has written a new and charming romance of modern life, $1.50 The Hound of the Baskervilles A SHERLOCK HOLMES notel by CONAN DOYLE “Sherlock Holmes at his zenith."— Chicago Reenrd- Herald. “The eame old Sherlock Holmes, only more ¢0."— Chicago Inter- Ocean, Titustrated Shag Red Saunders By HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS The wind blows through it and the meaning of it ig health and joy."—The Sun, * Good for what the Germans cail ‘ Katzenjainmer,’ "— Detroit Free Press. Frontispiece by Jay Hambidge $rag The Madness of Philip By JOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM Stories of childhood for grown-ups, « “Miss Daskam has a kecn sense of hamor, a light touch of delineation, and ato apparently brimming with ideas.""—Boeton Home Journal. : Thustrated by F. Y. Cory Sse McClure, Phillips & Co., New York g\é THE GIBSON PANELS ARE DAINTY AND UNIQUE DECORATION FOR ODD-SIZED SPACES Five Heads, 7}x18 inches; matted ready for framing. 75 cents per panel ry The Risk of Summer Travel The greater amount of travel in the summer time increases personal risk, We lusure you agsinst loss of income resulting from accidents, if you tate out an Accident Policy in THE ‘TRAVELERS | TN- SURANCE CC., of Nartford, the oldest, largest and strong: est Accident Insurance Com- pany in the world. These icles guarantes a yockly income while disabled, a large amounts for loss of legs arms, hands, feet or eyes. it death a stated sum is $27,000, have been istributed: ez 37.000 Pollcy-Holders or thelr faml- Hes for injuries or death, A Life Policy in THE TRAVELERS INSUR- ANCE COMPANY provides safe insurance at a lower guaranteed net ort than mu- tual companies, which charge for insurance and give sucha share in the prot as the com- any sees fit. THE TRAV- RS charges for insurance only ‘Tho net cost of a policy in TOE TRAVELERS {s there- fore guaranteed aod known beforehand, and the difference isin your pocket fret to last, Agents in every foren; or write Sor intereating literature. The Travelers Insurance Co. Hartford, Conn. (Founded 1563.) comicbooks.com