Life, 1904-05-05 · page 3 of 40
Life — May 5, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains four commercial advertisements: 1. **Kelly-Springfield Tire** - promotes rubber tires with an illustration of a man lassoing a tire from a horse-drawn vehicle, emphasizing the product's reliability and workmanship. 2. **WARNING on Gasolene Automobiles** - a patent notice listing manufacturers and importers licensed under a Selden patent (No. 549,160), warning unlicensed makers against selling gasoline vehicles. This reflects early automotive patent disputes. 3. **Finest Rhine and Moselle Wines** - Hinckels & Winckler, German wine merchants. 4. **Wm. Williams & Sons** - Scottish whisky advertisement. The page reflects early 1900s consumer goods and emerging automotive industry patent conflicts, with no apparent satirical content.
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COPYRIGHT FOR ORCAT BRITAM BY JAMES HENDERSON UNOER THE ACT OF 1801. La) WS |S TheKelly-Springfield ‘Tire ALMOST everything but rubber is used in some rubber tires. The merit of the Kelly-Springfield Tire is that it is real rubber. This, combined with our two-wire design and perfect workmanship, explains why the smartest vehicles are rubber-tired with the Kelly- Springfield. Booklet for the asking. The Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. WARNINC! ‘The following Manufacturers and Importers are licensed under the ploneer patent Number 619,10, granted to George I, Selden, dated November 6th, 1995, en Gasolene Automobiles In view of thelr license agreement they and thelr agents will not sell, keep on hand, or ia any manner dispose of or deal in directly or indirectly any unlicensed new or second-hand gasolene vehicles, Infringing said Selden patent, MANUFACTURERS: Pope Motor Car Co. Eleetric Vehicle Co. Wi Smith & Mal Motor Carriage Co. d Motor Car Co. lotor Works Knox Automobile Co. The Haynes-Apperson Co. The Autocar Co. Mfg. Co. q Co. The George N. Pleree Co. le Pope-Robinson ane Kirk Mfg. Waltham Manufacturing Co. J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. H. H, Franklin Mfg. Co. IMPORTERS: Standard Antomobile Co. E. B. Gallaher Auto Import Co. F. A. LaRoche Co. Sldaey B. Rowman Automobile Co. Roth the basic Selden patent and bers of Cals Amtociation will be eafo Importers, Dealers and Agents, also mith & Mabley, Ine. utomobile Co. r Fisel Molander & Tangeman 400 otber patents owned by mem- aqulnst Infringers Manufacturers, s Of unlicensed machines are Hable, ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS No. 7 EAST 42d STREET, NEW YORK HINCKEL & WINCKLER FRANKFURT ON MAIN GERMANY Established some two hundred years ago, and owners of the famous cellars of Peter Arnold Mumm, Messrs. Hinckel & Winckler are in position to supply the finest grades of wines, and are conceded to be one of the ablest and most reliable Houses in the Trade. SEND FOR PRICE LIST Cc. H. ARNOLD & CO. NEW YORK Sole Agents for United States and Canada Established Liqueur Scotch Whisky GUARANTEED 12 YEARS OLD REPRESENTED IN E, LA MONTAGNE & SONS THE U. S. BY 45 Beaver St., New York comicbooks.com