Life, 1903-10-01 · page 35 of 36
Life — October 1, 1903 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page consists entirely of **advertisements**, not editorial content or satire. It features three product promotions tied to the popularity of **Charles Dana Gibson** and his "Gibson Girl" illustrations, which were enormously fashionable in the early 1900s. The ads promote: 1. **Burnt leather pillow covers** decorated with Gibson Head reproductions—hand-drawn copies of Gibson's distinctive portrait sketches, available in multiple colors for $4.00 2. **White Rose Glycerine Soap #4711**—a German product marketed with an illustration of a woman admiring a flower shop window 3. **Gibson Picture Plates**—Doulton pottery plates with Gibson illustrations burned into the ceramic All three capitalize on Gibson's cultural cachet as the arbiter of American feminine beauty and taste. The "Gibson Girl" was aspirational imagery that manufacturers eagerly licensed for home décor and luxury goods, targeting middle and upper-class consumers.
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in the lth. offered bly ex. DU this 3. You Salted irrel is npany, actical aven"t Ss dis- Gil ih Wy Tie Pettsding 00 PILLOW COVERS of Burnt Leather ARTISTICALLY DECORATED WITH Gibson Heads These covers are decorated with exact reproductions of Mr. Gibson s drawings, every line being carefully drawn by hand, thereby preserving the delicate technique so char- acteristic of Mr. Gibson's work. Unique in conception, these covers make an attractive addition to the appointments of cozy corner, den or library. They may be had in Red, Green, Fawn, Orange, Russet and Electric Blue. Sent prepaid to any address in the United States or Canada upon receipt of $4.00. Burnt Leather Mfg. Co. 498.500 Broadway N. Y. City, U.S. A. ‘The best glycerine Soap, “No. 4711." Its parity is absolute ; its perfume Used for’ years m the Court ot H, I. M, the Emperor of the most tender and delicate skin. RD. MULNENS, Cologne, 0/R. Germany. Sole U. S. Agents, MULMENS & KROPFP, 298 Broadway, New York. Send 15 cents for full size sample cake. GIBSON PICTURE PLATES! Gitson’s most famous pictures have been exquisitely burnt into rea) Doulton latex tt subjects with tich border in Doulton blue. The'minutest detais of the orieinal ares lngeare reproduced. ‘Each plate shows ceveral cures, ands Wh inches in ize Price! Se. 22 sealer ‘cannot supply you, mention his name—enclose ic, for one plate, and we will pn S George P. Bassett & Co., Dept. U, 49 Barclay St. ‘A Uttie book with 24 Gibson pleturca vent for 6 to cover co comicbooks.com