Life, 1905-04-27 · page 21 of 26
Life — April 27, 1905 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not political satire. The top section contains three product advertisements: 1. **Lea & Perrins' Sauce** — promotes Worcestershire sauce with a gentleman dining, emphasizing it as "the peerless seasoning" 2. **Rogers, Peet & Co.** — advertises formal wear and livery services for carriages and house servants 3. **Cluett, Peabody & Co.** — promotes their "Most Popular Shirt" at $1.00-$1.25 The lower section features **"Life's Prints"** — decorative art reproductions available for purchase, including romantic and humorous illustrations by John Cecil Clay and others, priced around $1.00-$1.90. These represent typical early 20th-century magazine monetization: advertisements mixed with art merchandise. There is no political commentary or satire visible on this page — it functions as commercial content for affluent urban readers.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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