Life, 1905-03-23 · page 17 of 22
Life — March 23, 1905 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. It features commercial advertisements for early 20th-century consumer goods and services: **Top section:** Ads for Youmans Hats, Royal linen collars (15¢), and Rogers Peet & Co. clothing stores in New York. **Center:** An announcement about house liveries (servant uniforms) at moderate prices, listing positions like butler and waiter. **Right side:** An ad for Club Cocktails, emphasizing leisurely home consumption—smoking, drinking, and comfort. This predates Prohibition (1920-1933), when such alcohol advertising was legal. **Bottom section:** "Life's Prints"—reproductions of artwork available for purchase, including romantic and domestic scenes ("To the Bride," "Another Conquest"). The page reflects **upper-class consumer culture** of the era: fine clothing, servants, cocktails, and art reproductions. There is no political satire visible—this is straightforward commercial promotion typical of Life's advertising content.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
MANS HATS Many styles in Youmans Hats for many faces, y 4! but a single RB superb quality. Broadway (Madison Sq. West.) 536 Fifth Avenue (near ggtd St.) 158 Broadway (near Liberty St.) « THE WHITEST COLLAR MADE LINEN 9. 15¢ a EACH ——- OTTAWA IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY TRADE MARK We sent in this card to announce fine house liveries at moderate | prices. | Butler, second man, page, hall- man, waiter. ROGERS, PEET & CO. 258—842—-1260 Broadway (3. Stores} NEW YORK OUR favorite chair—smoke ditto, a bottle of CLUB COCKTAILS, and home com- fort envelops you. No trouble or effort required; just strain your CLUB COCKTAIL through cracked ice, and you have a drink whose equal never passed over a made-in-a-hurry bar. CLUB COCKTAILS are made of choicest liquors, scientifically blended and aged to perfection. The original brand. Seven kinds— Manhattan, Martini, etc G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Sole Proprietors Hartford New York London THE HORSE. Jackson. 20 by 15 in, ANOTHER CONQUEST. tfter C Hand-colore a0 LIFE PUBLISHING CO. 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York ohn Cecit Clay, in Color, 11 by 14 in, $1.00 comicbooks.com