Life, 1903-12-24 · page 2 of 20
Life — December 24, 1903 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than editorial satire. The main feature advertises "A Brand New Gibson Head"—a Charles Dana Gibson illustration for *Life*'s January special issue, promoting it as one of Gibson's "handsomest heads ever drawn." The remaining content consists entirely of period advertisements: a souvenir photography portfolio, Habana cigars, a Bull Dog segar shop, and a Southern Pacific railroad advertisement promoting oil-burning locomotives. There is **no political cartoon or satirical commentary** on this page. It represents early 1900s magazine advertising practices, where publications like *Life* mixed editorial content with commercial promotions. The Gibson head drawing itself is purely illustrative, not satirical.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENOEREON UNDER THE ACT OF 1801. NEW "i \ ** London, Nov. 20th, 1903. ‘ ; “I am so pleased with it. All my friends say what a ae GIBSON change it has made In my face.’’ Original photos, and volunteered testimonial, two years after operation, can be seen at our office. | | | . | By an entirely new process, not used elsewhere, we \ \ HEAD. build tissue wherever it is needed. Wrinkles and hollow places filled up at the rate of one a day. Guaranteed permanent. No scar—no external applications. No paraffin, or other harmful substance used. Consultation by appointment. Copyright by Life Pubiishing Co. One of the handsomest heads ever drawn by Charles Dana Gibson is the cover for ‘‘ Life’s” January Special (New Year's) Number. Printed in four colors—red, yellow, green and black. On Sale January 7th. Ten Cents the Copy. Call or send stamp for Booklet D. The Featural Co. 27 East 22d Street, New York City. Sat the SIGN of the BULL DOG” Wo make Pure Habana Segars in the honest old fashion, Sold by Indopendent Dealers. BARON DE KALB—— = —=HENRY IRVING Souvenir Portfolio containing fine reproductions in halftone of 60 Prize Pictures by the world’s greatest photographers. 64 pages 9 x 12 inches on heavy plate paper boand in art Driatol with a photograph monnted on the cover, the whole tied with gold cord, making an elegant holi- day albam. 25 Cents ‘Theee pictures received the jadges* awards in our $3,000.00 contest just closed, and represent the high- est attainments in pictorial photography. The repro- dactions, which are in the colors of the original ph iph, are excellent in every respect, and form & collection that every lover of pictures, every one interested in photography, every student of art, will want to keep. ‘The price, 25 cents, is only a fraction of the cost of the portfolio, which contains also Ten Articles by famous Photographers on Ten Phases of hy. There is no advertising matter in the . We simply want to give every one an oppor- Cleanliness in Traveling 10 SMOKE, NO DIRT, NO CINDERS Southern Pacific OPERATE OIL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES Sunset Limited Daily from New Orleans +++ TRAVERSING ... tunity Lo see the excellent work which is being done by the foremoet photographers of the world with oar Photographic Lenses Alfred Steglitz’ Grand Prize Picture “5th Avenue in Winter” is alone worth the price of the portfolio. Send 2c. stamps or coin to Department PP. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. ROCHESTER, N. Y. For 60c. we will send you a handsome picture of KING LUD, champion Bull Dog of the world, framed in weathered cak kennel. J°hn W. Merriam & Co. The Roycroft Segar Shop, which is “At the Sign of the Bull Dog” 139 Maiden Lane, New York LOUISIANA, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, and CALIFORNIA Inquire at Boston &9) Broadway, Now York da sa By BORING, 0. y Pa. Now Fork City EO. Mccormick, Mf., Ran Francisco, T. 2. ANDERSON, G. P. A", Houston, Texas comicbooks.com