Life, 1902-12-25 · page 2 of 77
Life — December 25, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not editorial content or political satire. The advertisements promote: 1. **New York Central Lines** — railroad service across 11,126 miles 2. **Life Magazine** — featuring Robert E. Peary's article about Arctic exploration, presented as the magazine's January issue highlight 3. **Outing Magazine** — an outdoor lifestyle publication edited by Caspar Whitney 4. **Ainslee's Magazine** — promoting a fiction story "No Hero" by E.W. Hornung (author of Raffles) 5. **A Carbon Photograph** — a skull image titled "All is Vanity," available from Life Publishing Co. for $3.00 There are **no political cartoons or social satire** visible on this page. It represents standard early-20th-century magazine advertising layout.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF “Of all inventions, the alphabet and printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization.”"—Afacaulay. MAP OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A system of 11,126 miles of railway in the populous territory east of Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati, furnishing luxurious and rapid transportation fa- cilities for more than one-half of the entire popula- tion of the United States. Details of rates and trains given by any New York Central ticket agent. 00 Fece'pt of a twor , New Vork Central & ROBERT E. PEARY The Arctic Explorer tells the story of his travel over polar ice—a story full of adventure and hardship—in the January number of OUTING This is the First article Commander Peary has written since his return from the Arctic. It is illustrated with photo- graphs of his own taking, which are unusually interesting and instructive. OUTING is the magazine of ALL out-of-door life. There are more than twenty features in this January’ number to interest the out-of-door man and woman. Edited by Casear Wuitney. Buy a copy from your newsman,— Twenty-five cents,—or send three dollars for a year's subscription to O U TING 239 Fifth Avenue, * New York AINSLEES A MAGAZINE OF CLEVER FICTION JANUARY NUMBER COMPLETE IN THIS “NO HERO,” By E.W. HORNUNG AUTHOR OF NUMBER “The Amateur Cracksman,” etc. 160 Pages 2° °s"Fabovs CONTRIBUTORS » x» ON SALE EVERYWHERE OUT TO-DAY! 15c. 15c. JUST PUBLISHED A Carbon Photograph after C. ALLAN GILBERT Copyright, 1402, by Life. All is Vanity Mounted Size, 16} x 21 Size of Print, 11 x 14 Price $3.00 LIFE PUBLISHING CO. 19 and 21 West 31st Street, New York comicbooks.com