Life, 1904-04-07 · page 10 of 41
Life — April 7, 1904 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four product advertisements from the early 1900s: 1. **Lowney's Chocolate Bonbons** — emphasizes "absolute purity and delightful quality," appealing to health-conscious consumers 2. **Cerebos Table Salt** — markets wheat phosphates as nutritional, targeting bread consumption 3. **Sunbeam art print** — offers reproductions by W.B. Davis through Curtis & Cameron Publishers 4. **Walter Baker & Co.'s Cocoa** — highlights affordability (under one cent per cup) and 41 international awards The page reflects early-20th-century consumer culture emphasizing **health benefits and purity** — marketing tactics responding to growing food-safety concerns of the Progressive Era. The feminine imagery (woman with chocolate, woman in classical dress) was typical period advertising, though appears dated to modern viewers.
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ye \ AN “Name on Every Piece" JowNEYs CHOCOLATE BONBONS Dainty—Delicious—Healthful ELIGHTFUL QUALITY of the world-famous Lowney products has resulted in the Largest Sales of Any Confections Made. THE WALTER M. LOWNEY CO., Boston, Mass. Sunbeam This picture, by W. B. Davis, so poetic in concep- tion and refined in artistic expression, is reproduced in Fe ComleyRrintg May we not send it to you on approval? It comes in three 9x 7 inches, $1.25; 12x10inches, $2.50, and 20x 16 inches, $5.00. might u for “gifts of as well as for er adornment of one’s own walls, nd for our special § We should be glad to have all Lire's reade Appreciating ft Wedding Gifts announcement, illustrated ; the difficulty of selecting pictures without first always glad to d ‘fon appr * to intending obtainable through the art stores. SEND 1S cents complete ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE (200 illustrations, including f works by Abbey, Alexander, Sargent, St. Gaudens, Whistler, Vedder, and all the eminent American artists). This picture copyright 1903 by CURTIS & CAMERON, Publishers, opp rustic tibtsiy, BOSTON Ce LE CLE CELLED FREBOS TABLE SALT NOURISHES Used like plain salt for table and kitchen. Con- tains wheat phosphates wanting in white bread. Used by the Royal Families and Smart Hotols Throughout Europe, Sond for sample, enough for tho family, ““CEREBOS” 78 HUDSON ST., NEW YORK. A PERFECT FOOD Preserves Health—Prolongs Life. Walter Baker & Co.’s Breakfast OcOoOd. THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. LOOK FoR THIS TRADE MAKK. Costs less than one cent a cup. 41 Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. - Dorchester, Mass. HIGHEST AWARDS _IN EUROPE AND AMERICA Established 1780. comicbooks.com