Life, 1904-09-22 · page 2 of 20
Life — September 22, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising** rather than political satire or comics. The dominant content includes: 1. **Prudential Insurance ad** (top left) - promoting gold bonds, with an exhibit reference to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis 2. **Pansy Corsets ad** (top right) - featuring a fashionable woman, describing new French-influenced corset styles for the 1904 season 3. **"A Book of Verses" by Tom Masson** (bottom left) - promoting a humorous poetry collection 4. **Barton & Guestier wine ad** (bottom right) - advertising French clarets, cognac, and olive oil The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and advertising design. While Life magazine was known for satire, this particular page serves mainly as a commercial vehicle, with no evident political commentary or satirical cartoons visible.
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NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 22, 1904. VOLUME XLIV. EeTERED AT THE NEw Yous POST OFFICE AS BECONO-CLASS Man MATTER a NUMBER 1143 Correct, 1903. ey LAE Pumudena Company. PANSY CORSETS The new Pansy Models this fall are cut according to the latest lines now in vogue in Paris. This season they will be worn slightly longer over the hips, with less dip to the waist, and some- what higher bust. The laced-front corset is much used abroad, and promises to be one of the leading models this season. All Pansy Corsets are hand-made by the very best French Corset- ieres. The most carefully selected materials are used in their making, and every little detail is given the utmost care. It is one of the very few Corsets in which genuine whalebone is used throughout, thus insuring both suppleness and durability. The style and variety of models make it possible to fit stout, medi- um and slender figures as perfectly as if the Corset had been made to atlete. and order, rox sizes trom 16 New Catalogue showing all the Prices. Plain Coatilie, git latest models free on request. Tine 'gis 004 Mrosaded Sik ga. JAMES McCUTCHEON & CO., 234'Sts 1.1. VISIT THE PRUDENTIAL’S EXHIBIT, PALACE OF EDUCATION, WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS. A BOOK OF VERSES By TOM MASSON BARTON &GUESTIER Full of BORDEAUX Goo d | . Established 1725 . "Things || Fine Clarets, Sauternes, Cognac Vierge, and Olive Oil . . _. Messrs. Barton & Guestier have all “hisa sharcilag beck OC sere Ariki ringing q their Wines bottled at their own cellars, orous and clever verse making.” — Joledo vintages only. de. % Copyright. 1901. by Lire * The writer finds no difficulty in handling ZULETTE rious measures with triumphant skill. “IN MERRY MEASURE” is the title i] | | |i BARTON & GUESTIER winsos Sa BORDEAUX GILBERT CLAY He : BLASHFIELD \ HUILE D'OLIVE A Cheerful Little Book from Cover to Cover Superfine Clanifiee PILLOSTRATED tenawecer Rouno wy Bice Leatnen asp ¢ «0. IN Boaxs, 75 Cents LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY FACSIMILE OF THE LAGCL ste, Raver, & ta OMe On 47 West Thirty-First Street New York E. LA MONTAGNE & SONS DE FREMERY & CO. 45 Beaver St., New York San Francisco, Cal. comicbooks.com