Life, 1905-06-22 · page 2 of 26
Life — June 22, 1905 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and product promotion** rather than political satire. The top half features a Smith Gray & Co. advertisement for livery services (uniforms for coachmen, footmen, and house servants), accompanied by a romantic illustration of a couple by the seaside. The bottom half showcases "Life's Prints"—photogravure art reproductions available for purchase, including works titled "Time," "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," "The Honeymoon," "Somebody on the Wire," and "Trouble with the Sparker." These appear to be sentimental or humorous domestic scenes typical of early 20th-century popular art. The page demonstrates Life magazine's mixed business model: combining editorial content with advertising and merchandise sales.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN GY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1091 Uniforms and Liveries The Livery Department is a large and important department in our business. It _pro- vides complete livery appointments, and uniforms for Coachmen, Footmen, Chauffeurs, and House Servants ; and has a valuable clientele of par- ticular people to whom it has given satisfaction for years. Write for booklet. Smith Gray &Co. BROADWAY AT THIRTY-FIRST ST., NEW YORK FULTON ST. AT FLATBUSH AVE. + BROADWAY AT BEDFORD AVE.s BROOKLYN TNH JOVOUS WAVES BREAK PLAVPULLY AROUND MER DAINTY FEET nite susie oF THEIR LAUGHTER NEVER SOUNDED HALF SO SWEET. Yr Gops! TAKE ALL MY FORTUNE— MAKE ME A BUGLE LIGHT TO BURST IN FOAM ECSTATIC ABOUT THOSE AXKLES WHITH. LIFE'S PRINTS : | Eis THE HONEYMOON. tfter C. Allan Gilbert, Photogravure, 19 by 24 in. $2.00. a Tg er me a “POR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW.” LIFE PUBLISHING CO. After FW. Read. 17 West Thiny-firt Street, New York After W, Balfour Ker. Photorravure, 20 by 15 in, Photogravure, £0 by 15 in. $1.00. $1.00, comicbooks.com