Life, 1905-03-30 · page 2 of 24
Life — March 30, 1905 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial content or political satire. The main advertisements include: 1. **Union Pacific Railroad** - promoting train service to the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon (1905) 2. **Murad Cigarettes** - featuring an illustration of a man playing guitar, advertising Turkish tobacco cigarettes at "10 for 15 cents" 3. **Life's Prints** - a section selling art reproductions, including works titled "Angel Cake," "Somebody on the Wire," "Amateurs," "The Hurry Call," and "Time," priced between $1.00-$1.50 The guitar player in the Murad ad appears to be a generic figure representing leisure/entertainment, not a specific political caricature. The overall page reflects early 1900s consumer advertising rather than satirical commentary.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN @1 UNDER THE ACT OF Main Thoroughfare Lewis and Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, from June Ist to Oct. 15th, 1905, via tho UNION PACIFIC This historical routo traversing the heart of the great Northwest with its boundless resources, gives you 200 miles along the matchless Columbia River and a trip to PORTLAND “>. NORTHWEST WITHOUT CHANGE Two through trains daily, equipped with Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars, Free Reclining Chair Cars, etc. INQUIRE OF E. L. LOMAX, G. P. & T. A. Omaha, Neb. “SOMEBODY ON THE WIRE."* Ifter W. Balfour Ker. Photogravure, 18 by 14 in $1.00. T 1s impossible to import the private brands of cigarettes used by Turkeys higher court circles ; but we have gone a Step further and secured the services of Mr. Allan Ramsay, for sixteen years the Turkish government expert, the man who made them. MURAD CIGARETTES are Mr. Ramsay’s latest and best production—a delicate blend of the |) « finest selected growths of Turkish tobacco. A rare smoke for American connoisseurs. 10 for 15 cents “THE MURRY CALL,” sfter W. Balfour Ker, by 15 AMATEURS, jan Gilbert cavure, 15 by 20 in. $1.00, LIFE PUBLISHING CO. 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York