Life, 1905-01-19 · page 3 of 38
Life — January 19, 1905 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **two advertisements**, not satire or political cartoons. The left side advertises Pierce automobiles from Buffalo, NY, highlighting that a Pierce car won the Grand Prize at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition. The ad emphasizes Pierce's manufacturing quality and lists dealers across North America. The right side advertises American Mercedes automobiles, positioning them as replicas of the 1905 German Mercedes built by Daimler. It emphasizes German engineering excellence ("Mercedes Materials," "Mercedes Workmanship") while marketing the American-made version to American consumers. These ads reflect early 1900s automotive competition and American consumers' regard for European engineering quality during the nascent automobile industry. There is no satirical content on this page.
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COPYRIGHT FOR OREAT BRITAIM BY JAMES HENDERSON UNOER THE ACT OF 1891 The Pierce car was awarded the Grand Prize at I the St. Louis Exposition as the best expression of an Ameri- can car built for American conditions and American temperaments. | The Grand Prize thus awarded is but a recognition of a standard toward which we have been working for five years, and which we believe we have attained. The six cars which we have built for 1905 comprise the best we know of successful motor car building. Catalogue and technical descriptive matter sent on request. The George N. Pierce Company BUFFALO, N. Y. Makers of Pierce Cycles Members of Associaton of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers racuse, N.Y bile Exchange Worcester, Mass. DAIMLER— pic oF A m e r CA [ MERCEDES Acknowledged the NE PLUS ULTRA of Automobile Perfection MERCEDES MATERIALS the strongest, the stiffest, the most enduring in the world MERCEDES WORKMANSHIP the kind which lights nothing, forgets nothing—the German kind THE AMERICAN MERCEDES EMBODIES THEM ALL One Size, 40-45 Horsepower AN exact replica of the 1905 Mercedes built by the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, formerly of Cann- statt, now of Unterturkheim, Germany. LOOK FOR US AT THE NF‘*y YORK SHOW Address DAIMLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY 953 Steinway Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. comicbooks.com