Life, 1902-12-25 · page 69 of 77
Life — December 25, 1902 — page 69: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon page. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Lundborg's Perfumes** — luxury fragrances marketed to affluent women, emphasizing exotic scents like "Clovera-Golden Jasmine" 2. **Lowney's Chocolate Bonbons** — positioned as refined confections for genteel consumers, claiming "absolute purity" and massive annual sales 3. **The Pennsylvania Special** — a luxury railroad service between New York and Chicago, featuring Pullman cars and amenities like dining and observation cars. The service targets affluent business travelers and includes services like "Financial News, Stenographers and Ladies' Maids" 4. **"The Man Behind the Boiler"** — an unlabeled photograph, likely illustrating working-class railroad labor (the boiler operator) The page reflects early-20th-century consumer culture targeting the wealthy, positioned against the labor that enabled their comfort. There is no apparent political satire on this particular page.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Lundborg’s Pérfumes “Nothing wore Acceprasle OR Userut / LUNDBORG'S NEWEST CREATIONS CLOVERA-GOLDEN JASMINE GOYA LILY- VIOLET PEWS \ IN MANOSOME BOXES LADD! & COFFIN = /NEW.YORK- LONDON, CHOCOLATE JOWNEYS SONBoNs Dainty Delicious Healthful The ABSOLUTE PURITY and DELIGHTFUL QUALITY of the world-famous Lowney products has resulted in the sale of Over Eight Millions of Packages Annually THE WALTER Me “LOWNEY C0., Boston, Mass. mePennsylvanta Special. 20 Hours Between New York and Chicago. Newly equipped with Pullman Dining, Smok- ing, Drawing-Room Sleeping, Compartment and Observation Cars. Financial News, Stenographers and Ladies’ Maids. The Perfection of Comfort, Convenience and Expe- dition in Travel. Leaves NEW YORK, West 23d St., every day, 1.55 p. m., and arrives at CHICAGO 855 next morning. EAST- BOUND SPECIAL leaves CHICAGO 12,00 noon, and arrives NEW YORK 9.00 o'clock next morning. J.B. HUTCHINSON, J. R. WOOD, GEO. W. BOYD, Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Agt. Ass't Gen'l Pass'r Agt. THE MAN BEHIND THE BOILER. comicbooks.com