Life, 1902-08-07 · page 17 of 22
Life — August 7, 1902 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with minimal editorial content. The only notable visual element is a large advertisement for "Egyptian Deities" cigarettes at the top, featuring decorative Art Deco-style borders and promising "cork tips as well." The page consists of period commercial advertisements for various products and services typical of early 20th-century America: cigarettes, chocolates, self-help books, life insurance, olive oil, financial services, and investment bonds. The ads reference recognizable figures like **Anthony Comstock** (the famous anti-obscenity crusader) endorsing a "Self and Sex" book series—likely satirizing the tension between Comstock's prudish reputation and frank discussion of sexuality. Most ads emphasize luxury, respectability, and financial security—hallmarks of affluent Gilded Age marketing. There is no apparent political satire or social commentary visible on this page; it functions as straightforward commercial space in Life magazine's advertising section.
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No better Turkish Cigarette can be made Egyptian Deities Cork Tips as well What Man’s Affections are not best expressed in WHITMAN'S Confections For sate everywhere. WHITMAN'S Instantaneous Chocolate. Made ina minute hot water oF Boiling mili. STEPHES ¥, wunrrmas a sos, 1816 Chestaet Se, Patiagelphta. PURITY BOOKS The Self and Sex Series} Jas the unqualified endorsement of Mlabep Vieewot Anthony Comstock! 4 BOOKS TO WOMEN. By Mr, 34 wnat s Young Gimt ovcnt 0. S2 per copy, post feet” Send for table of contents Vir Publishing Co., "?**pissionn tee All you have guessed about life insurance may be wrong. If you wish to know the truth, send for “How and Why,” tssued by the PExn McrvaL Livs, 9213-5 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, A WELL DRESSED ROOM Is a joy to all who enter it. Pittsburg Wall Papers help to this result. Ask your dealer about them. Book free. ‘The Pittsburg Wall Paper Co., New Brighton, Pa. Morton Trust Company 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capital, = - $2,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $4,500,000 OFFICERS: LEVI P. MORTON, President THOMAS P. RYAN, Vice-President JAMES K. CORBIERE, 24 Vic H. M, PRANCIS, EUGENE E. VARET, Asst. Secretary G. L. WILMERDING, Asst. Secretary H. B. BERRY. Truet Officer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Levi P. Morton Joseph C. Hendrix James N. Jarvie George Foster Peabody Jacob H. Se Wiliam C. Whitney Rae’s Lucca Olive Oil appreciated by connoisseurs for its (No rank smell nor some brands of Olive Oil.) Guaranteed vars Oil of Olives +esonly aS. RAE & Co. (Established 1836) LEGHORN, ITALY 20 frequent in WASSERMANN BROTHERS STOCK BROKERS 40 EXCHANGE PLACE, NEW YORK Members of New York Stock Exchange BRANCH OFFICES: 783 Fifth Avenue (I'laza Bank, Windsor Arcade. corner 46th St. and Sth Ave, Astor Court (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel), Imperial Hotel 5 West 20th St.. opposite Martin's Restaurant. Fifth Avenue Hotel. Dealers tn Redmond, | wer cave Kerr&Co.) Meta SECURITIES. BANK awa ‘Transact aGen- * eral Foreign and Philadephia: Domestic Bank- GRAHAM, KERR & CO. \ ing Business. ISSUE LETTERS OF CREDIT in Sterling, Francs, Marks or Dollars, payable in all parts of the world. J-HLHY DE Vick PRESIOENT DO YOU KNOW That you can buy 5% Gold Bonds on in- stallments-and mean- while have them insured. A good investment for you -if you live. A splendid protection for your family- if you die. For tull information till upand mat! coupon below. THE EQUITABLE SOCIETY Dept. No. 27 120 Broadway, New York Please send me information regard- ing your new issue of Gold Bonds. Base figures on a block of $ issued to a man years of age. Name comicbooks.com