Life, 1904-01-21 · page 2 of 20
Life — January 21, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements rather than satirical cartoons**. The content includes: 1. **Peerless Direct Drive Touring Cars** ($2,600-$6,000) — positioned as a luxury automobile, with an illustration of an early motorcar and a woman in period dress 2. **Locomobile Gasoline Touring Cars** — another automobile advertisement emphasizing quality and power 3. **Old Bleach Linens** — a textile product advertisement by Geo. Riggs & Co. 4. **Hamburg-American Line** — a cruise ship company advertising world tours There are **no political cartoons or satirical content visible** on this page. The imagery is straightforward advertising typical of early 20th-century Life magazine, which mixed commercial advertisements with editorial humor. The page reflects the consumer culture and leisure activities available to wealthy Americans of that era.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDE ACT OF 1001, a The Luxury of Living 1 finds fullest expression inthe perfect appointments and absolute safety of Peerless Direct Drive Touring Cars $2,800 to $6,000 The new Peerless Limousine Car is the highest attainment in Amer- ican automobile construction; the acme of ease, comfort and elegance. | The Peerless Motor Car Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. A. Member Auciasivn Lceesol Ay Gasolene Touring Cars Fevar to the best imported cars in material, ~~ workmanship. and finish —but, better adapted to American conditions. Ample clearance and inter- changeable parts. All this means much to the Auto- Tourist in the United States. As handsome and Juxurious as money can buy. A marvel of comfort and durability. Powerful engines developing 22 Horse Power give great speed when desired, and ample reserve power for hills, bad roads, and unusual condition Sewing machine quietness. Complication avoided. TRUE SIMPLEX ‘A 1622 HL, P. Four Cylinder Car with front Vertical Crlinders and Cello- iar Radiator, Ail 1904 Cars have longer wheel base and longer springs, Our new catalogue is full of detailed information. 5 : ee Cocomobile Company of America BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Member of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. Send us a note or a postal and we will mail you an interesting treatise on how to wash and preserve linen. We will also tell you some things about ‘Old Bleach Linens They represent the highest type of manu- facture in pure flax fabrics. Only the purest flax yarns used and no chemicals applied in bleaching or finishing. High-class retail stores have them throughout the country. Trade-Mark ** OIG Bleach ’’ on every towel and on every yard of goods. GEO. RIGGS & CO., 101 Franklin St., New York. eae HAMBURG. AMERICAN LINE HOSE who desire to travel to the most int ing places in the ‘a more dn the tctoria 'y d ail the conveniences of a foe hotel, home cruire is always on th ‘steamer, and yoa thus avoid all q unpacking of trunks, cus- rom a trip by various con- : ITINERARY: FIRST CRUISE leaves New York about Sept. 15, 19043, thence to Hamborg, to Dover, to Lisbon, Gibraltar, Villefranc! ‘Genoa, Athens, Constantinople, Jaffa, Port Ismailia, Bombay (18 days for ip y, Colombo, gapore, Manila, Hong anghai, Tsingtau, Nagasaki, 0 (optional overland trip to Yokohama), Yokohama, a lulu, Hilo and S$ Francisco, and by special train to New York. SECOND CRUISE re- verses the order of the first, leav- ing New York by rail about Jan. 48, 1905, and joining the steamer at'San Francisco Jan. 24, 1995. Duration, 444 months. Cost, including side trips, $1,500 and up. Send for special pa: Hamburg-American Line 35-37 Broadway, New York. 159 Randolph Street, Chicago. 1229 Walnut St,, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 Olive Street, St. Louis. comicbooks.com