Life, 1905-09-21 · page 25 of 26
Life — September 21, 1905 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is predominantly an **advertising page** with no political cartoons or satirical content. It displays vintage product advertisements from the early 20th century. Notable ads include: - **Lea & Perrins' Sauce**: promoting their 70-year-old Worcestershire sauce brand - **Knapp-Felt Hats**: luxury men's hats priced at $4-6 - **Rogers, Peet & Co.**: advertising high-quality servant liveries, revealing class hierarchies of the era - **Kodak Film**: emphasizing film quality over camera quality - **Redfern Corsets** and **Centemeri Gloves**: women's fashion items - **A deafness pamphlet**: offering a brief publication for five cents The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture, with emphasis on imported luxury goods (Argentine nutria, French gloves), brand reputation, and class-conscious marketing. The servant livery ad particularly illustrates period attitudes about domestic service hierarchies.
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Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRG The Peerless Seasoning with the ing the signature, Lea & Perrins. familiar to the pub- lic, having been on the market for more than seventy is years. As a sea- soning it improves more dishes than any other relish ever offered to the public. Soups, Fish, Meats, Game, Salads, etc., are made delicious by i's proper use. LEA&PERRINS’ SAUCE adds enjoyment to every dinner. sn Daca s Soe Ara % New Vere. DEAFNESS Prilosophically considered, For sale by Life Five cents a copy. A brief pamphlet. Publishing Company. __*LIFE- Made of Clear Argentine Nutria Hats for Men © StuMf that decame are made of.” Knapp-Fell hats are "dreams." The Knapp-Felt De Luxe hat costs six dollars because it is made of the finest materials which can be procured, by workmen of the highest c under the most efficient superintendence. Ainapp Felt hats have noticeable elegance of style - the costliest item in a hat—and superb quality. The next best, the regular Knapp-Felt quality, is four dollars. The best hatters sell them. Ze WS ef Write for The Hatman, THE CROFUT & KNAPP CO.,, Broadway, at 13th Street, New York. No one that can afford liveried servants can afford shoddy liveries. Every garment we make for any sort of manservant is of fast-color, all-wool fabrics. ROGERS, PEET & co., 258—842—1260 Broadway, (3 Stores) NEW YORK, also, F. M. ATWOOD, CHICAGO. KODAK Film for KODAKS The film you use is more important than the camera you use—more important than the lens you use. The amateur of experience insists upon the film of experience. Kodak film has 20 years of experience behind it. If it isn’t Eastman, it isn’t Kodak Film, Look for ‘*‘ Eastman "' on the box ; look for ‘* Kodak" on the spool. EASTMAN KODAK CO. Rochester, N. Y. The Kodak City. REDFERN CORSETS are known and accepted everywhere as the most ad- in desien. No to the more closely f line thus reinforced marks t pensable ta corsets of the hi; ¢ used in Redfern Corsets is pr ty rubber button hose su erns insure absolute comfort and perfect fit. Sold at the best shops at from $3.50 to $15.00 per pair The W BEAUTIFUL assortment is now displayed of our new Fall Im- portations in the la and colors, rest styles New gloves weekly from Grenoble, Fra ar factory, 3t years on Broadway. $1.00, $1.30, $1.75 per pair, CENTEMERI 911 Broadway, just above zoth St. ‘Telephone 1135 Gramercy. 3225 Chestnut St., Phila, comicbooks.com