Life, 1903-11-26 · page 19 of 20
Life — November 26, 1903 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, with one literary illustration. The main illustration reproduces a drawing by Christy from an elaborately illustrated edition of Longfellow's "Courtship of Miles Standish"—depicting Priscilla and John Alden, colonial American figures from the famous poem. The image shows period dress and illustrates the romantic narrative. The page is dominated by **commercial advertisements** typical of early 1900s Life: Evans' Ale (emphasizing American-brewed quality), the Alton railroad line (promoting travel and the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair), F.P.C. ironing wax (marketed to women), an Art Calendar offer, and notices for the Adirondacks and mining information. There is **no political satire** on this page. Life magazine, despite its satirical reputation, regularly included advertising and literary illustrations alongside its humor. The colonial literary reference and period imagery fit the era's sentimental Americana aesthetic.
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CHRISTY'S “PRISCILLA AND JOHN ALDEN.” REPRODUCTION OF A DRAWING FROM It¢ iD CHANDLER CURISTY'S ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION Ty, COUETSIIP OF MILES STANDISH" IN PRESS, “ Mid star-crowned, snow-ciad peaks,” WINTER IN_ THE ADIRONDACKS. If you need a bracing, dry air, filled with the healthful odor of the balsam and the fir, you will find it at Saranac Lake— only twelve hours from New York or Buffalo, fifteen hours from Boston, twenty-four hours from Chicago, twenty- one hours from Cincinnati and thirty hours from St. Louis, by the NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. A copy of Adiruntine THE | ALTON'S | 1904 TRADEMARK “Sequel to. th Copyrtaht, 190%. CRtiago 8A Railway ART CALENDAR Four graceful poses from life; figuresten inches h produced i colors by a process far su: | perior to last vear's calendar. Highest example Of luhographic art. “THE ONLY WAY" to own one of these beautiful calendars is to ame of publication in which you read this advertisement, to Geo. Gen'l Passenger Agent, Chicago | ay, CHICAGO, TLL. The best railway line between Citicaco, St. Louts, Kansas City and Peoria. Take the “Alton” to the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. PRESS OF THE J. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK. THERE ARE STILL SOME ALE-DRINKERS who stick to the notion that the only ale fit to drink is brewed abroad. Their namber is lessened every time one of them is introduced to Evans Ale One bottle goes further toward convorting skeptic than any argument of talk or print, MINING PROGRESS Contains reliable Information atont Mining. Of interest to thore who may be interested in Mining of want to learn ¢ resources of Oregon, Washington or Idaho. Free Sammpie Cops: IL J. S0R EVERY WOMAN F. P, S. WAX | “PON REFLECSHUN should use F.P.C. WAX When IRONING. ALL DEALERS or 2 pieces by mail for 10 cents. f THIS IRONING WAX 1S SPECIALLY PREPARED TO POLISH THE IRON! AND IMPART A SILKY GLOSS TO FABRICS _4| FLAME-PROOFCO. Mers., NEW YORK, comicbooks.com