Life, 1903-07-30 · page 2 of 24
Life — July 30, 1903 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for Life Publishing Co.'s products rather than satirical content. The top-left advertisement features a hand-colored sepia photogravure titled "Is My Hat on Straight?" depicting a horse's head—priced at $1.00, sized 11x14 inches, ready for framing. The top-right announces a newly published hand-colored photogravure by Harrison Fisher titled "Interrupted," priced at $10.00 for a 22x32 print. The bottom advertisement promotes Life magazine's "Deep Sea Number" issue, on sale August 6th for 10 cents. It credits cover designer Strothman and contributors (Gibson, Walker, Kemple, Clay, Crosby, and Cushing) for adding "pictorial excellence" and "sea air" flavor through literary and visual content. The page serves as a merchandising vehicle for Life's publications and magazine issues.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES WENDERBON UNDER THE ACT OF 1001. Hand Proofs 3.9: 3 3 (3° dn Sepia Ons3s 3 3 Japanese Paper Ready for Framing Just.... Published Hand Colored Photogravure After the Colored Original . . . By Harrison Fisher 11x 14 Inches $1.00 Copyright, 1903 Life Pub. Co. “ INTERRUPTED” Size of Print, 22 x 32 Price, . . - $10.00 “IS MY HAT ON STRAIGHT?” Life Publishing Co. 19 and 21 West 3lst Street New York Life Publishing Co. 19 and 21 West 5lst Street New York On Sale... Deep Sea Number 42% Cover design by StrotHMaN, while Gruson, Wacker, Kemsie, Ciay, Crospy and Cusu- 1nG have all added their splash toward the high wave of pictorial excellence; and to add to its “sea air" flavor, the literary flot- sam and jetsam are all fresh from the Brine. LIFE is comicbooks.com