Life, 1904-05-19 · page 4 of 28
Life — May 19, 1904 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. It contains four advertisements from the early 1900s: 1. **Peerless automobiles** (top left): Features a woman in period dress promoting touring cars priced $3,700-$6,000, emphasizing comfort and reliability. 2. **Caution notice** (top right): A legal disclaimer from the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers listing manufacturers and importers of gasoline automobiles, warning against patent infringement. 3. **Barton & Guestier** (bottom left): Advertisement for French wines and olive oil, emphasizing cellar-bottled quality. 4. **Pope bicycle innovations** (bottom right): Shows women on bicycles, advertising two-speed gear and coaster brake technology. These reflect early 1900s consumer goods and emerging automobile industry disputes.
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Peerless Direct Drive Touring Cars 4. $3,700 to $6,000 Combine elegance —comfort —safety — speed — simplicity~ and absolute dependability. 80% of the buyers of Peerless Cars have owned and discarded automobiles of other makes. ‘Write for illustrated catalogue explaining fully the points of Peerless Pesfection Photogravure of Peerless Girl No. IV, illustration, without advertising, size 1 inches, sent postpaid for ten cents, Peerless Motor Car Co. Cleveland, Ohio. Member Association Licensed Automobile Mfrs, CAUTION ‘The following Manufacturers aod Importers are licensed under the pioneer patent Number 649,10, granted to George B, Selden, dated November 6th, 1895, 02 Gasolene Automobiles In view of thelr License agreement they and their agents will not sell, keep fon hand, or in any manner dispoto of or deal in, directly or Indirectly. any unlicensed new oF second-hand gasvlene vehicles, infringing said Selden patent. MANUFACTURERS: Pope Motor Car Co. Smith & Mabley, Inc. The Commereial Motor Co. Electric Vehicle Co. Winton Motor Carriage Co. Packard Motor Car Co. Olds Motor Works Knox Automobile Co. The Haynes-bpperson Co. The Autocar Co. The George N. Plereo Co. Apperson Bros. Automobile Co. Locomobite Co. of America The Peerless Motor Car Co. Standard Motor Construction Co, Itham Manufacturing Co. Arms & Tool Co. aklin Mfg. Co. Berg Automobile Co. Cadillac Automobile Co. Northern Mfg. Co. Pope-Robinson Co. The Kirk Mfx. Co. Elmore Mfg. Co. E. R. Thomas Motor Co. Gasoleno Motor Co. IMPORTERS: Standard Automobile Co. E. B. Gallaher Auto Import Co. F. A, LaRoche Co, Sidney B. Bowman Automobile Co. Smith & Mabley, Ine, Central Automobile Co, Alexander Fischer Hollander & Tangeman Both the basle Selden patent and more than 400 other patents owned by mem+ bers of this Amociation will be enforced against Infringert Manvfacturers, Importers, Dealers and Agents, also Users of unlicensed machines are Hable, ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS No. 7 EAST 42d STREET, NEW YORK BARTON & GUESTIER BORDEAUX Established 1725 Fine Clarets, Sauternes, Cognac Vierge, and Olive Oil Messrs. Bartox & Guestier have all led at their own cellar y being to select the fir BORDEAUX HUILE D'OLIVE Superfine Clarifiee FACSIMILE OF THE LABEL 0. & GO OUVE OW E, LA MONTAGNE & SONS | JAMES DE FREMERY & CO, 4S Beaver St., New York San Francisco, Cal. POPE SOUSA BICYCLE INNOVATIONS New ecsster Beane Greatest improvements since the coming of the chaintess Pope Quality in Every Wheel EASTERN DEPARTMEST, Hartford,Ceon, | WESTERN DEPARTREST, relan ler” TMonatch" ribane “Grawtord’ atalogues free a our seam Sealers stores, oe any ove Catalogue talied on recalpt ofa twonceat stamp. comicbooks.com