Life, 1902-11-06 · page 2 of 24
Life — November 6, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains **no political cartoons or satire**—it's primarily advertising from an early 1900s Life magazine issue. The four advertisements are: 1. **Van Norden Trust Company** (New York bank)—straightforward business notice about checking accounts and interest rates. 2. **Prudential Insurance**—uses Gibraltar's Rock as a metaphor for strength and stability, promising dividends and guaranteed life insurance. 3. **Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters**—medicinal tonic imported from Trinidad, listing international gold medals and warning against cheap imitations. 4. **Remington Typewriter**—claims the machine has "saved the world enough labor to build an Empire" in twenty years. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer advertising targeting middle-class professionals seeking financial security and modern conveniences.
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OPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN GY JAMES HENOCRBON UNDER THE ACT OF 1001 VAN NORDEN TRUST COMPANY 751 FIFTH AVENUE.NEAR 58™ STREET NEW. YORK Capital and Surplus, $2,000.000 Transacts a general banking and trust business. Pays interest on deposits, subject to check. Takes entire charxe of investments and collects incumes Fnrnishes information about investments and othi ness matters, Accepts Trusts, Issues Letters of Credit. No. 13 Security and convenience are assured by paying house- hold bills through the medium of a checking account with Van Norden Trust Company. If a receipted bill is lost, the cancelled check remains a permanent evidence of payment. 2 or 25 per cent interest allowed on deposits. Higher rates of interest on deposits left for stated periods. OFFICERS Warner M. Van Norden, President Morton C. Nichols, Vice-Pres, amd Sec'y William F. Havemeyer, Vice-President Arthur King Wood, Assurant Secretary Edward S. Avery, Trust Officer DIRECTORS Dumont Clarke Henry F. Shoemaker Benjamin Perkios Richard L. Edwards John H. Washburn Jonathan B, Currey Warner Van Norden Warner M, Van Norden William F. Havemeyer {me H. Flagler Thomas P. Fowler Ernst Thalmann Charies W. Morse Mahlon D. Thatcher Heary H, Cook Henry T. Rrunson Arthar A. Fowier james Talcott Hon. Cornelius N, Bliss John Claflin The Worlds Best Tonic Imported from Trinidad v1 a Unrivalled appetizing tonic and stomach corrective In Punch. Lemonade, Water Ices, Soda Water, Grape Fruit, Sherry, and all Fancy Drinks. Pure or in sweet- PHILADELPHIA 1876 ened water as an Appetizer and Tonic. The public is warned against cheap and VIENNA = 1873 harmful domestic substitutes and imita- CHICAGO 1893 tions, The genuinc is manufactured only by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, Trini- LONDON 1886 dad, B. W. I. BUFFALO 1901 —= PARIS 1867 J. W. WUPPERMANN, Sole Agent, EES NEW YORK, N. Y. GOLD MEDALS LONDON 1862 PRUDENTIAL | MAS TH STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR Investors Look for Dividends. So do holders of participating policies in The Prudential THEY GET THEM TOO. In addition, they have the advantage of absolutely Guaranteed Life Insurance. Woite for paricears of Policies, Dest. 0. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. Of America JOHN F. DRYDEN HOME OFFICE: President NEWARK, N. J. In Twenty Years THE REMINGTON TYPEWRITER has saved the world enough labor to build an Empire. WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT (Remington Typewriter Company) 327 Broadway New York comicbooks.com