Life, 1903-08-20 · page 29 of 32
Life — August 20, 1903 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire or comics. It's a collection of commercial advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines. The main content includes: - **Ed. Pinaud's Eau de Quinine**: hair tonic promising to prevent hair loss and dandruff - **Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery**: a large illustrated advertisement celebrating the brewery's 60-year growth, emphasizing "pure, wholesome, malt beer" - **Hydrozone**: a germicide claiming to cure skin conditions like eczema by "killing disease germs" - **Baron de Kalb cigars** and other tobacco products - **Travel advertisements** for tours and Rocky Mountain vacations The Pabst ad is the most elaborate, using architectural imagery to symbolize industrial growth and prosperity. The other ads employ typical period marketing claims—many now-questionable (the germicide's efficacy, hair restoration promises). This reflects advertising standards before modern FDA/FTC regulation.
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-LIFE: ED. PINAUD'S Eau de Quinine ts the best’ hur Restorative known, It preserves the halr from parasitic attacks, tones up the x, cleanses the scalp and positively ren Jandruit. ED. PINAUD’S Eau do Quinino Is also FY at hair dressing. The sweet or which it leaves ta the batr luxury. Sold Everywhere. oz. bottles, SOc. 8 oz. bottles, $1.00 THE WORLD _ “THE COLLVER TOURS” Next party leaves in October by the splendid Siberia.” Habana | Segars in tho honest old fashion, Sold by Independent Dealers. Baron DEKALB — = HENRY IRVING For 50c. we will send you a handsome picture cf KING LUD, champion Bull Dog of the world, framed in weatbered oak kennel. J°hn W. Merriam & Co. The Roycroft Segar Shop, which is “At the Sign of the Buil Dog” 139 Maiden Lane, New York OF <THE HOME: Oh ERESE ER Sixty years ago, a single, insignificant building. Today, a city in itself. That’s the history of the great Pabst Brewery. Story by story—building by building—block by block— it has steadily grown to its present vast proportions. That growth is due to the art of brewing good, pure, wholesome, malt beer. The beer that agrees with everybody. And Pabst Blue Ribbon is the beer of undisputed quality—of unparalled popularity~. VACATION See ae ween IN THE ROCKIES. promptly relieved and cured by | Low Excursion Fares via ydrozon This scientific germicide,which is harmless, cures by killing disease germs. Used and endorsed by the medical profession every where. Sold 5 The genuine bears my ure. Accept no Through Pullman Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars substitutes, Address on alltrains, Meal Dept. D, ‘1 ew YORK ‘Valuable Booklet Ge cl Pee: (tate Petatn te . Ognerl Tagger and Ticket Agent, Connection with all tines from the East. comicbooks.com