Life, 1904-11-03 · page 2 of 40
Life — November 3, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine (November 3, 1904) is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The top advertisement features **The Gorham Company**, a prestigious silversmith, promoting wedding silverware sets with an ornate teapot and service pieces. Below that are two separate advertisements: one for **Peerless Direct-Drive Touring Cars** (manufactured by Peerless Motor Car Co., Cleveland), and another for the **Jones Speedometer Company** in New York. The Peerless ad uses an illustration of a well-dressed woman driver alongside an early automobile, emphasizing the car's reliability and luxury features ("luxurious side door tonneau," "light runabout"). There is no political cartoon or satirical content on this page—it's a standard commercial advertising section typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model in the early 1900s.
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VOLUME XLIV. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 3, 1904. Ewrenes AT tat New Yome POST OFNCE AS SECONO-CLAME MAR MATTER Corrmont, 1903, 8 Lirt PuBitena Cowper. SILVERWARE FOR WEDDINGS in all the newest and most approved designs, may be selecied at The Gotham waterooms, Dinner, Tea, and Coffee Sets, Chests of Table Silver j riety of patterns and difer. dig conbinatonss thd acl unequalled stort: ment of individual pieces adapted for both service and ornament. The GORHAM CO. Silversmiths and Goldsmiths Broadway und Nineteenth Street, New Yerk svect Drive Tooting Cars Excel in elegance. dependability, spe: and endurance. They run noisi lessly and without vibration. Four. cylinder vertical motors (easily accessible), 24 to 35 horse power, direct drive on high speed, slid- forward), direct trans- mission of power to rear axte, ide door tonneau | hour epeed andy ily controlled as light runabout. $5,700 to $6,000 f ing gear transmission (four f | Mew Peerless Catalog sent on request” | Peerless Motor Car Co. Cleveland, 0.” Ass'n Licensed Automobile Mire. re, SS “Lt shows the Speed” * a>) ov Sse fi = Jones Speedometer is attachable to the dashboard of any automobile. Its practicability is well recognized. In various cities police bicycle squads are equipped. Judicial officials accept its testimony. ONES ODOMETER is attached to the dash, away from the dirt thrown by the wheel. The only abso- lutely accurate and mechanically perfect dis- tance gauge made, = “/t shows the Distance” Interesting booklet and literature— Jones Speedometer Company M22 West Thirty-Second St. NEW YVORIC Publicity Press N.Y. comicbooks.com