Life — January 7, 1904 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains **advertising, not political satire**. The top half advertises hand-colored platinum prints after artist Bayard Jones—four titled works ("The Broken Lease," "Between the Devil and the Deep Sea," "Fishing Time," "Lovers' Lane") priced at $3.00 each, sold by Life Publishing Co. The bottom half promotes "Cirillo," a romance novel by Effie Douglas-Putnam set in Florence. The description emphasizes it's "exquisitely told" and "handsomely printed" in red leather and gold binding, priced at $1.25. Both advertisements target upper-middle-class readers interested in artistic prints and literary entertainment. The page demonstrates how *Life* magazine supplemented editorial content with luxury goods advertising aimed at affluent subscribers.