Life, 1905-02-09 · page 2 of 22
Life — February 9, 1905 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four unrelated commercial advertisements from the early 1900s: 1. **Orient automobile** - A Waltham Manufacturing Co. vehicle priced at $1,650 2. **American Mercedes automobiles** - Promoted as "the first complete replica of a foreign car America has produced" 3. **Murad cigarettes** - An ad claiming the product offers "ultimate perfection of Turkish tobacco," featuring a cartoon of a man relaxing 4. **Mullins steel boats** - Advertisements for motorboats claimed to be unsinkable The only cartoon element is the Murad cigarettes illustration showing a satisfied businessman. There is no political commentary or satire evident. This represents typical early-20th-century magazine advertising mixing automobiles, luxury goods, and consumer products.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY Ji UNDER THE ACT OF 1) Model F—16 H. P.—$1650 will run 35 miles an hour—much faster than anybody to make World's Speed Records with —it is just a a nd handsome. der vertical tandem motor, rd speeds There is no water to carry ing of weight makes id rat ir buckboards for two ¢ Runabout Members o Factory: General Sales Offices : WALTHAM, MASS. 44 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK CITY Shall we send ov Style Book ? Address Dept. A MODEL F $1650 (Rates Advertising Co.) tobacco, a perfect blending of the rarest growths. Mr. Allan Ramsay in his sixteen years’ service as Turkey's government expert, has led his skill up to MURAD > Mier CIGARETTES give the ultimate perfection of Turkish CIGARETTES Try them when business skies are darkly blue. They scatter sunbeams | and lighten up the gloomy recesses of disturbing problems. 10 for 15 cents DAIMLER~ ~MFG CO. Pibed Nee "A mer CA MERCEDES —AUTOMOBILES — THE AMERICAN MERCEDES THE first complete replica of a foreign car America has produced. Its original— the 1905 Mercedes—is admitted by the best judges to be the most perfect automobile yet built. 40-45 hp. Booklet for the asking. One size only: Address DAIMLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY 953 Steinway Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y. Auto Boats, Motor Boats, Row Boats, Hunting and Fishing Boats Staunchly built of strong, rigid steel plates, with air chambers in each end like a life boat—tuoyant—strong—sate—epeedy. ‘They don't leak—vrack—dry oul—wrar gut eraink and are the test and mont elegant boats built. Endorsed by all kagiog Sportsunen, resorts teat live or Beats 16 font, 134 be many new lanovations ia Wailers) 122 traakli @fbngine and Boat Mannfactw comicbooks.com