Life, 1902-07-03 · page 2 of 24
Life — July 3, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page contains **no political cartoons or satirical content**. It consists entirely of **advertisements** from the early 1900s: - **Van Norden Trust Company** (banking services) - **Smith & Mabley** (automobiles: Panhard-Levassor, C.G.V., Renault) - **Century Automobiles** (steam, electric, and gasoline vehicles) - **Remington Typewriter** (marketed as a "universal saver") The ads reflect the era's emerging technologies: automobiles are prominently featured alongside traditional steam and electric vehicles, while typewriters represent office modernization. The design and product offerings are historically interesting but contain no satire or political commentary to interpret.
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COPYRIGHT FoR oncA wenoeason UNDER VAN NORDEN TRUST COMPANY 751 FIFTH AVENUE.NEAR 58% STREET NEW YORK Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000 No. 4 For the average person a trust company combines all the advantages of a bank and a savings bank. Van Norden Trust Company allows you to draw checks against your account, the same as a bank, and also pays interest on your daily balances. Small accounts rec the same attention as large ones. A savings bank pays interest, but does not allow you to check against your account. It limits your total indi- vidual deposits to $3,000, and does not pay intereston sums deposited or withdrawn between interest dates. OFFICERS Warner M. Van Norden, President Morton C. Nichols, Vice-Pres, and Sec’y William F. Havemeyer, Vice-President Arthur King Wood, Assistant Secretary Edward S. Avery, Trust Officer DIRECTORS Warner Van Norden jobn Claflin Varner M. Van Norden Dumont Clarke Havemeyer Henry F, Shoemaker Ernst Thaimana Joh Benjamin Perkins Charles W. Morse james Talcott Richard L. Edwards Mahlon D. Thatcher Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss Joba H. Washburn Henry H, Cook Henry T, Bronson Arthur A. Fowler Jonathan B. Currey Thomas P. Fowler 513-515 Seventh SMITH & MABLEY ew Yor Chicago Agency, Nos. 293-295 Wabash Ave, Automobiles Ghe Panhard-Levassor. Ghe C. G. V. Ghe Renault. Ghe STURDY IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Certur AUTOMOBILES Are distinguished by the perfected Direct-Shaft Driveand One-Hand Control Runabout Stanhope 4-Cylinder Steam Touring Car Electrics Surrey Gasolene Tonneau Surrey Delivery Touring Car This model. the CENTURY STEAM TOURING CAR, |s large enoagh {n all its parts to be arund. | Sturdy as a locomotive, and for the same reason. It won a Blue Ridbon i.. the Long Island Automobile Clab‘s 100-Mile Endurance Test, and has beaten in. prive’s trial the American Steam Record for one mile, and ran from New York to Syracuse over the worst part of the A. C. A. endurance course at 90 miles per hoa average. With eight foot ‘wheel base, powerfal In proportion, itis a revelation to steam vehicle neers. ‘In our engine, two cylhoders ect tandem turn directly Hike a boat engine the shaft which drives through a single gear: engine and all dust-proof and run in oil. No torch ts used, no wind affects the fire, no levers in the way—the steering handle controls the power. Free from so-called “steam troubles. Just what you have been looking for—ready to ship, Steamers from $900 up; Gasolene, 15-horee power, $2,005, Electrica, from $1,250 up. Send for particulars. A few good agencies wan CENTURY MOTOR VEHICLE CO., Syracuse, N. Y- TO GEIS TO LENS VSTANDARD ri THE REMINGTON Typewriter is the universal saver. Hane See It is a time saver, a labor saver, a trouble saver, an expense saver, and a business builder. i WYCKOFF, SEAMANS @ BENEDICT (REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY) 327 Broadway - - - - New York comicbooks.com