Life, 1904-05-05 · page 8 of 40
Life — May 5, 1904 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from *Life* magazine, circa 1904. It contains four advertisements: 1. **Pope Manufacturing bicycle ad** (top left): Features a woman and child on a bicycle, promoting "Two-Speed Gear and New Coaster Brake" innovations. 2. **New York City bonds** (top right): A financial announcement offering $37 million in tax-exempt gold bonds. 3. **The Villa Claudia** (bottom left): A book advertisement by J.A. Mitchell, described as "fifty decorative designs" published by Life Publishing Company. 4. **Tomfoolery** (bottom right): A humor book of drawings and limericks by James Montgomery Flagg, described as "every page a laugh" and priced at 75 cents. The page contains **no political cartoons or satire**—it is essentially a classified advertising section with period product and publication promotions.
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$37,000,000 NEW YORK CITY 3:% TAX EXEMPT GOLD BONDS To be sold Tuesday, May 3d, 1904, AS FOLLOWS: $32,000,000 Corporate Stock Payable in 50 Years. $5,000,000 Refunding Assessment Bonds Payable in 10 Years, OFFERED DIRECT TO INVESTORS. These securities are a legal investment for Trust Funds and exempt xation except for State purposes, and will be issued in coupon or ed form. ter 274 of the Laws of 1904. which applies to the sale of Bonds of the City of New York. provides that “all or none” bids cannot be ¢ Bonds offered for sale shall also offer to purchase “‘all or hereof. —— — nd bids in a sealed envelope, enclosed in an addressed envelope. iD MANUFAC TURING OF TWO PER CENT. OF THE PAR VALUE OF BONDS F (,COMPANY BID FOR MUST ACCOMPANY BIDS. Such deposit must be in 3 money or certified check upon a solvent Banking Corporation. NOVATIONS ZvoSvced Gear and further information see ‘City Record," published at 2 City ! . New York. Consult any Bank or Trust Company, or address EDWARD M. GROUT, Comptroller City of New York, 280 Broadway, New York. ments sin DRAWINGS AND LIMERICKS BY James Montgomery Flagg E V E RY The most monumental 8 VILLA CLAUDIA Billy oy a the famous tor yp? Nonsense y Book By J. A. Mitchell, author of “Amos Judd,” “The Last American,” “ The Pines of Lory,” etc. Fifty decorative designs. With all Printed in red and black with forty-eight remark LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 4 Ui heads, and bound in boards f with special cover design Booksellers and $1.50 75 CENTS