Life, 1904-04-07 · page 8 of 41
Life — April 7, 1904 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** with no political cartoons. The content includes: 1. **McCutcheon Waists** (top left): An advertisement for women's clothing by James McCutcheon & Co., featuring an illustration of a fashionable woman in early-1900s dress with detailed fabric options and pricing. 2. **Viyella Flannel** (top right): Spring 1904 fabric advertisement claiming the material "does not shrink," with an illustration of a child in flannel clothing. 3. **Prudential Insurance** (center): An endowment policy advertisement explaining financial protection benefits. 4. **Queens County Jockey Club** (bottom): Announcement for a horse-racing event (Carter Handicap) on April 15, 1904, with horse names and odds listed. The page reflects 1904 consumer culture and leisure activities rather than political commentary.
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McCUTCHEON WAISTsI“ VJ Y ELLA’ The illustration opposite Rea”? shows one of our new and ex- clusive models. It is made Ghe with four large tucks on each : . side of the button lap, stitched : My New Spring down from shoulder to waist- n line, giving a long, graceful, t Designs for straight-front effect. It has { 1904 | a plain French back, shirt INK sleeves and link cuffs. Made pik . in the following materials : : pi ARE NOW | English Piqué. $3.7 BEING English Piqué. $3.75. een Plain Butcher's Linen, SHOWN BY $4.00. . THE RETAIL French Shirting (silk and STORES cotton), $8.00. Pongee Silk, $10.00 and $12.00. Dotted Swiss, $4.50. Embroidered Mull, $8.50. j . Ladies’ ‘ > : Flannel Waists, Other models in Embroid- ered Linen, Silk and Lace Golf, in large variety. Tennis Costumes, Booklet, showing a number of these { Waists, mailed free. WY Children’s Wear, JAMES McCUTCHEON & CO, Men's Shicts 14 West 23d Street, New York. and Pojemas. by an Endowment Policy. 1 insures your f PEN ¥ having a cash sum if you live till the end of the Endow- p> PRUDENTIAL Se ment period. It also insures your family, business or y%/_Wunout MAS THE | ¢ s committing. [/stnenctwor fp i estate for full amount of Policy in event of your .@/,_mysiosy action, I shall be GIBRALTAR‘ | ty death before that time. SF, sted to receive free, The Prudential of Endowment Policies. Insurance Co. of America. JOHN F. DRYDEN, Prest. Home Office: NEWARK, N.J. QUEENS COUNTY JOCKEY CLUB So A QUE DUCT, L., 1.— Carter Handicap BEL tec 1904 || 7 Furlongs Name and Age. Ide.) Name and Age. Lbs.) Name and Age. Nameand Age. a Nameand Age. Lbs.) Name and Age. Lbs.| Name and Age Lbs, | Name and Age. McChesney, 5.... 4. 113) Rmbarrassment, 4, 107| Bon Mot, 5... 104 Colonist, 4... 100) Graziallo, 3,..... 92] Little bm. ....... $8] Monsoon, Haretbourne, 4. d New York, & 106 | Lem’ Reed, 4.:;.108] Girdle, Craig. 96. Hazelwood, Teck asd Gari Sweet Alice, 4...102/ Venator.4 . 95) Wyefield, ‘4 7| Captain Buckie, 6| Rosetint, 4 Unmasked, 118] Lord Melboarne,4, Mexican, 1115] Rostand, 4... 4.2. 100] a Fire Eater, 4....11115| Tribes Hitt, el De Reszke, 5: Divination, 8 fit ° Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, and Kings Co.“ L ” Rosd. See. ame. papers Stor Time Tables. Usico BY LANDER Alforten, Connecticat, 02 “17] Red Knight, 4 Lord Badge, 5. ame Payne, 4. 298] Ostrich, 3° Candling, a... 100 Le sarvees = comicbooks.com