Life, 1902-07-31 · page 19 of 20
Life — July 31, 1902 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with one small cartoon at the top. The main cartoon shows a crowded streetcar or omnibus with a conductor calling "Now, then, move up, please; room for six a side." The caption "Is There?" sardonically questions whether there's actually room—a joke about overcrowded public transportation, a common urban complaint of the era. Below sits a larger advertisement for **Club Cocktails** by G.F. Heublein & Bro., featuring a servant mixing drinks with the tagline "Master thinks I'm a dandy at mixing cocktails. You can do it just as well." This reflects pre-Prohibition attitudes toward home cocktail-making. The rest of the page is dominated by period product advertisements: alcoholic beverages (Evans' Ale, Martell's Brandy, Old Crow Whiskey), patent medicines (Blair's Pills), and personal care items (Mennen's Powder, Allen's Foot-Ease). The ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture and the common practice of advertising alcohol and dubious remedies in mainstream publications.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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