Life, 1903-12-03 · page 22 of 22
Life — December 3, 1903 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **Christmas Annual advertising and content page**, not a political cartoon. The page announces Life's special holiday issue featuring country life themes, with articles on Christmas traditions, outdoor activities, and seasonal content. The main content includes: 1. **"The Christy Priscilla"** - A portrait illustration of a young woman in a bonnet, promoted as embodying an idealized American type 2. **Product advertisements** for consumer goods: - The Angle Lamp (kerosene lighting) - Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit (health food) - Brownsville Water Cracker (food product) - President Suspenders (clothing) These ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture emphasizing modern conveniences, health-conscious eating, and practical goods. The page represents Life magazine's dual function as both satirical publication and vehicle for advertising upscale products to its middle-class readership.
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December 3, 1903, The Christmas Annual, 1903 Country Life in Hmerica Christmas in the 4 Animal Tracks. in Woods, by Stew- b the Snow, by A. art Edward Whit Radelyffe Du. -" & . more, with auniqus series of photo: graphs. Sport tor Anterica , Christmas for the Poor, by Com- mander Booth. Outdoor Flowers of . Tucker. the Winter. A Christmas Greens. Christmas on a 4 by Grace King tf | ] amphibiou i boat. Home of a Natural- > Games and Enter. ist—Ernest Thomp- x tainments for the son Seton, by C. G, As Christmas Season, D. Roberts t : etc, etc, ‘The Supplement, 12 x 34 inches, a quaint and be: ing by E. Stetson Crawford, is 4°1850—The Parson's Christmas, With eight pages of pictures in full color and more than a hun- dred unusually beautiful and varied photographic illustrations The double numbers of this Magazine have a way of going out of print even faster than the ordinary twenty-five-cent issues, The only way to make sure of getting a copy is to leave an order in advance with your bookseller, ur to send us $3.00 for a year’s subscription, whieh will include in 12 issues at least one other double number— rch Gardening Banual. 1 of Oe ee DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY cS ues Sot eo” me 34 Union Sq., New York S ° ‘ ° \3 ene Tur CoUNTaHIY OF MILES STANDINI™ ARE ATTRACTING The Bouon Herald say “T Leniibe Sivoo Filicrk three g wast oe Sei oe 5 > Nothing better to serve with soups and salads THE ANGLE LAMP ‘The best artificial light ts that_of kerosene - : The Brownsville Water oll, The best "kerosene “lamp. is Lamp. It yields footer end sat bee Gees Doctors Counsel the Daily Use of in ake - gas or electricity at one-e ° SHREDDED WHOLE Cracker never becomes feods the room with 8 radian WHEAT BISCUIT soggy. It’s always fresh both benenelal to. the because it is the all-nourishing food, made in the . Easy to mont hypenie and acienc Food Laboratory in and crisp. No dinner |. The only the world. Only the most luxuriantkernelsof wheat are used and these are thoroughly cleansed, washed or luncheon complete Lamp is sold by best stores, Ask in strlzed water and then thricecooked and spua ith e no substitute. If your dealer can't to porous shreds which give greater surface for ly you write for handsome free illustrated cata- the action of he digestive Huis than that given by without it any other food and which insures perfect digestion god freedom from constipation, Ask your grocer ANGLE LAMP CO,, 76 Park Place, New York City (ea zat Een RY FREES 4 THE NATURAL FOOD CO., Niagara Falls, N.Y. __—— >) PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS Sgn uah cusses comicbooks.com