Life, 1904-08-04 · page 35 of 36
Life — August 4, 1904 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, circa 1903 (based on St. Louis World's Fair references). There is no political cartoon or satire. The page contains **five commercial advertisements**: 1. **White Rock sparkling water** — emphasizes that customers repeatedly request it by name, positioning it as a premium mixer for wines and liquors 2. **Whiting's Correspondence Papers** — stationery product 3. **Penn Mutual Life Insurance** — promotes financial security 4. **Smith Premier Typewriter** — advertised as bringing "good fortune," displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair 5. **Brownsville water crackers** and **Goerz optical lenses** — both emphasizing official/premium status at the St. Louis Exposition The page also advertises a color reproduction of "Still the Champion" (a painting by Bayard Jones about romantic love) for $1.50. This reflects turn-of-the-century consumer culture and the World's Fair as a venue for showcasing industrial and commercial products.
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- Everybody says : “The Same, Please’’ after the first order is given for sparkling WHITE ROCK—the water that insures the | goodness of the summer drink—that blends _ per- fectly with wines and liquors—that is itself an incomparable bev- erage: Pure, satisfying, healthful. Have you tried Whiting’s Correspond, ence Papers? PriLADELonia WOLYOKS. oe anne fyvlde for thelr future and sve money, at the | Sod gig: OF booklet “The How and the Why” tells . «We Insure by mall PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. oz Chestnut St., Philadelphia “Still the Champion” The Triumph of Love over $ A reproduction in full color after BAYARD JONES $1.50 LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 17 West 31st Street, New York BRINGS GOOD ‘FORTUNE TO ITS USERS 6. HOME OFFICE AND FACTORY SYRACUSE, N.Y EXHIBIT AT ‘WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS, SEC. 23. PALACE LIBERAL ARTS. Copyright, 1903, Lire. TARE CRACKER THAT HAY eS Eee i és > The Brownsville ‘is the best If you want to be sure of getting the daintiest, crispest water cracher ever made ask your grocer for the cracker with Brownsville on it. THE Official Photographs of the St. Louis Exposition which you see re- produced in the various magazines and newspapers are all made with the Goerz lens. The Official Photographers of the St. Louis Fair have all adopted the Goerz lens to the exclusion of all others. In block 75 of the Liberal Arts Building | the Goerz Optical Works show their auto- matic process of grinding and polishing these famous lenses in operation. Main Offices, Beriin-Friedenaw, Germany. Branch Offices, 4 a>d 5 Holborn Circus, London, England. 22 Rue de l'Entrepot, Paris. | CATALOGUE FREE @ OMASLANS & ETERS, > | Room 53, 52 E. Union Square, New York City. comicbooks.com