Life, 1903-06-11 · page 19 of 20
Life — June 11, 1903 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It's a collection of financial institution and luxury product advertisements from an early 20th-century *Life* magazine. The ads feature: - **Chartreuse liqueur** and **Evans' Ale** — premium alcoholic beverages marketed to wealthy consumers - **Murray & Lanman's Florida Water** — a cologne/toilet product - **Stock brokerages and trust companies** (Wassermann Brothers, Morton Trust Company, Windsor Trust Company, Guaranty Trust Co.) — financial services targeting the affluent The only visual element is a **bottle of Chartreuse** in decorative packaging at top left. **Context for modern readers**: These ads reflect the *Life* magazine's original audience — wealthy New Yorkers and society figures. The emphasis on "genuine" products and established institutions (note Evans' Ale's claim of "117 years of progress") suggests concerns about counterfeiting and market confidence during an era of rapid industrialization and growing consumer culture. This is essentially a **financial/luxury services directory**, not editorial content.
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SOU OO | Chartreuse — GREEN OR YELLOW— FOSIT OOD A GLASS OF THIS DELICIOUS AND WHOLESOME CORDIAL IS THE MOST REFINED AND SATISFACTORY TERMINATION POSSIBLE TO ANY WASSERMANN BROTHERS STOCK BROKERS 40 EXCHANGE PLACE, NEW YORK Members of New York Stock Exchange BRANCH OFFICES: 253 Pith Avenue (Plaza Bank Windsor Arcade, corner 46th St. and 5th Ave. Astor Court (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel) Imperial Hotel » West 26th St., opposite Martin's Restaurant, Fifth Avenue Hotel. Masterly knowledge of alo browiIng, gained by 117 years of progress, has placed EVANS’ ALE at the head of tho browing industry of the world. Tho proof is in every bottle, INSIST UPON HAVING® THE GENUINE MURRAY a| y LANMAN'S | | FLORIDA WATER | -THE MOST REFRESHING AND DELIGHTFUL PERFUME FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF, TOILET AND BATH. bot WE INVITE YOUR DEPOSIT ACCOUNT Gnited States MortyagekC Crust Company 55 Cepar Street, NEW York WEST END OFFICE, 73D STREET AND BROADWAY CAPITAL AND SURPLUS FIVE MILLIONS lesues Travelers’ Letters of Credit and Foreign Drafts MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capital, - - - $2,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $5,815,982 OFFICERS: LEVI P, MORTON, President THOMAS P. RYAN, Vice-President RE, 24 Vice-Preat. 1 A y H. B. BERRY, Trust Officer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Levi P. Morton Joseph C. Hendrix Thomas P. Ryan James N. Jarvie Edward J. Berwind George Foster Peabody G, G. Haven Jacob H. Scnitr William ©. Whitney ~ Sindsor Crust Company Fifth Avenue and Forty-Seventh Street. T*. Company solicits the privilege of storing your valuables in its fire and burglar proof vaults. Upon request the Company's uniformed messenger will call for articles and your responsibility ceases from the time of their delivery to him. Safes in vault to rent at $5.00 and upward per annum. Telephone, 4 a= 8th St. Guaranty Trust Co. of New York Mutual Life Bolldingy SASSAL. CORNER CEL TREET, S33 LOMBARD ST. LONDON OF ST. JAMES ST., S. W. Fiscal Agents of the d United States Government. Capital, $2,000,000 _ Surplas and Undivided Profits, $5,369,000 INTEREST ALLOWED ON Dy TX SUBJECT TO CHEQUE QR ON CERTIFICATE, A nS Trustee for Corporations, Firms and Inj das Guaraian, Executor and Administrator; Takes entire charge of Real aud’ Mersonal Fs selected ‘seearities offered for investment TRAVELERS’ LETTERS OF CREDIT AVAILABLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED. Depository of the Government of Manila. Philippine Islands, | ‘ the Philippine Islands, Manila. Hong Kong, China. WARDS. Treasnrer :BBARD, Secretary. George F. faker. George S. Bowdoin, August Bi Frederic Walter R. ombly, G. G. Haven, James N. Jarvie. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, E. H, Harriman, Richard A. McCurdy, Harry Payne Whit London Committee: ARTHUR J. FRASER, Chairman; DONALD C, HALDEMAN. win Hawley, Charies R. Henderson, comicbooks.com