Life, 1903-04-16 · page 17 of 22
Life — April 16, 1903 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. The page contains multiple commercial advertisements for consumer products popular in the early 1900s. The main advertisements include: - **Egyptian Deities** cigarettes (Turkish tobacco) - **The Club** cocktails, marketed as "original bottled cocktails" - **Columbus Carriage and Harness Company** (carriages and horse accessories) - **White Rock** beverages (referenced in an image caption about King Edward drinking it at the Lord Mayor's banquet) - **Baron DeKalb Henry Irving** cigars - **Roycroft Segar Shop** cigars There's also a **"Comics Wanted"** notice seeking cartoonists for daily newspaper work. The page reflects Edwardian-era consumer culture, with brands emphasizing quality, tradition, and endorsements by prestigious figures (King Edward). The reference to King Edward's consumption of White Rock serves as a celebrity endorsement typical of early 20th-century marketing.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
No better Turkish Cigarette can be made Egyptian , Deities THE CLUB are the original bottled Cocktails. Years of experience have made N them THE PERFECT COCKTAILS that they are. Do not be lured . | into buying some imitation. The Cork Tips as well ORIGINAL of anything is good enough. When others are offered it is for the purpose of larger prof- its Insist upon having the CLUB AILS, and take no other, SUBLEIN & BRO,, Sote Proprictors Beoanway, Nuw Yorn, Ne Hanrtroxp, Conn, Loxpox Comics Wanted In single column for regular daily service. Steady work for clever artists. GO RIGHT TO CARRIAGE HEADQUARTERS Wiite to-day for our illustrated catalogue (free) which describes our goods truthfully, explains our method and our guarantee and makes it safe, simple and easy for you to HIGH CLASS, get carriages, harness and horse accessories direct from our factory at wholesale prices, : THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE an? HARNESS COMPANY. P. 0, Box 277, New York City. Factory and General Office, Columbus, 0. Western Office & Distributing House, St. Loxis, Mo. ‘Write to nearest office, Address Sat the SIGN of the BULL DOG” We make Pure Habana Segars in the honest old fashion. - Sold by King Edward drank —- Bae ar Dea WHITE ROCK at the BARON DEKALB— Lord Mayor's banquet : ——-HENRY IRVING For 50c. we will send you a handsome picture cf KING LUD, champion Bull Dog of the world, framed in weathered, oak kennel. J°hn W. Merriam & Co. The Roycroft Segar Shop, which is “At the Sign of the Bull Dog” 139 Maiden Lane, New York comicbooks.com