Life, 1903-09-24 · page 20 of 20
Life — September 24, 1903 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon. It contains five distinct advertisements from circa early 1900s: 1. **New York Central Lines** - promotes Adirondack travel, framing nature ("groves were God's first temples") as a luxury destination accessible by rail. 2. **Franklin Cars** - highlights an electric vehicle's durability and reliability through customer testimonials. 3. **Waverley Electric Vehicles** - advertises electric cars, positioning them as simple and practical alternatives to combustion engines. 4. **El Príncipe de Gales Cigars** - features a bearded man in captain's hat, marketing Cuban cigars as premium products. 5. **Gordon's Dry Gin** - promotes gin for cocktails, emphasizing its status among "connoisseurs." The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture: electric vehicles as emerging technology, rail travel as leisure, and imported luxury goods (cigars, gin) as markers of sophistication. No political satire is evident.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“The groves were God's first temples.” SEPTEMBER IN THE ADIRONDACKS. No finer place in September can be found than the Adirondacks. The air is cool and bracing, the fishing fine, the scenery beautiful, and they can be reached in a night from Boston, New York or Niagara Falls. All parts of the Adirondacks are reached by the NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A copy of No, 20 of the ‘Four-Track Series,” “The Adirondacks and How to Reach Them,” will be sent {ree on receipt of a 2-cent stamp by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York Central R. R., Grand Central Station, New York. Herve is @ fair example of reports received from our customers; rength of construction—excess power in lack of vibrauon—a, work!’ Fic totspelied fo" quadruple our copay for next year. Send for Pictures and Description of this Car Matied Pree, with Name t Nearest Agent. H, H. FRANKLIN MANUFACTURING COMPAN Member of Association of Licensed Automobile Mant Electric Vehicles Model 21 ; Price, $850; With Top, $900. No complications. postal for catalogue. M. Agencies in all principal cities. POPE MOTOR CAR CO. - - - - Indianapolis, Ind. on power and steer. Electric brake. Drop more models and prices. GORDON’S DRY GIN Procurable Everywhere FOR COCKTAILS, FIZZES AND RICKYS REPRESENTED INLE. LAMONTAGNE & SONS THE U. S. BY 45 Beaver St., New York comicbooks.com