Life, 1902-09-11 · page 2 of 22
Life — September 11, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not political commentary**. The top left contains a Van Norden Trust Company bank advertisement listing officers and services. The top right advertises a $3,000 photography competition for images shot with Bausch & Lomb lenses and shutters, open until January 1, 1906. The bottom left shows The Prudential Insurance Company's "Standing Guard" advertisement, featuring decorative lions and emphasizing life insurance protection. The bottom right advertises Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, a medicinal tonic imported from Trinidad, noting a recent court victory establishing their exclusive trademark rights. No political cartoons or satire appear on this page—it's a straightforward collection of early 1900s advertisements.
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VAN NORDEN TRUST COMPANY 751 FIFTH AVENUE.NEAR 58% STREET NEW.‘YORK Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000 No. 9 Household and personal accounts are received, upon which checks may be drawn, as in any bank, Interest is allowed on daily balances. Every kind of income will be collected for the deposi- tor and credited to his bank account or remitted. Bonds, real estate mortgages, stock certificates, and coupons may be deposited for safe-keeping, collection at maturity, or delivery in case of sale. The Trust Company thus offers advantages not fur- nished by a bank. OFFICERS Warner M. Van Norden, President Morton C. Nichols, Vice-Pres, and Sec’y William F, Havemeyer, Vice-President Arthur King Wood, Ausistant Secretary Faward S. Avery, Trust Officer DIRECTORS a Thomas P. Fowler Ernst Thaimana Charles W. Morse Mabloa D. Thatcher Joho H. Washbur Henry H. Cook Jonathan B. Currey Heary T. Kronson Arthur A. Fowier Warner Van Norden Warner M. Van Norden William F. Havemeyer fern H. Flagler pard L. Edwards james ct Hon. tius N, Bliss c Joba Claflin ffnas tne / (STRENGTH OF * \', GIBRALTAR s lth.» Fas Standing Guard over the interests of the holders of nearly 4,500,000 policies is The Prudential with its varied Life Insurance poli- cies, furnishing the very best protec- tion to men, women and children of this land, A POLICY | ORDINARY OR INDUSTRIAL FoR YOU $100,000 TO $15. Write for rates, Dept. 0. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO, » of America JOHN. PF. DRYDEN President i ae Rad NONE OFFICE Newark,N. J. ~ $3,0009° for Photographs There are several millions of our Photographic Lenses and Shutters in use in all parts of the world. They are said to be the best made anywhere. To show the progress in photography cur improvements in Lenses and Shutters have made possible, we have placed $3,000.00 in the hands of competent judges to be awarded for photographs made with Bausch & Lomb Lenses or Shutters It costs nothing to enterthe com- petition and the photographs are ar- ranged in classes, so that everyone can compete in his own specialty. Special awards for Kodaks, Premo, Poco and other hand cameras fitted with our Lenses and Shutters, and for professional photographers. Open until January 1, 1903, to photogra- phers in all countries, nade: with Plastique Cone Special booklet of classes, awards and conditions, post-free,. BAUSCH @ LOMB OPTICAL CO., Rochester, N. Y. NEW YORK CHICAGO LONDON, 35 Aldermanbury, B.C. FRANKEORT, 85 Kaiserstrane PARIS, 25 Rue Alboy The Worlds Best Tonic Amported from Trinidad su VICTORY; The Circuit Court of the United States, Northern District of Illinois, in a recent case against A. Bauer & Co., Chicago, IIL, finds that the complainants, DR. J. G. B. SIEGERT & SONS, are now in fact and in law the owners of the name ‘‘Angostura” and have the exclusive right to use the name as a trademark for and in connection with the sale of bitters. GOLD MEDALS LONDON 1862 PHILADELPHIA 1876 VIENNA = 1873 CHICAGO 1893 LONDON 1886 BUFFALO 1901 PARIS 1867 1878 13900 J. W. WUPPERMANN, Sole Agent, NEW YORK, N. Y. comicbooks.com