Life, 1905-09-28 · page 2 of 24
Life — September 28, 1905 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **no political cartoons or satire**. Instead, it features three luxury advertisements from the early 20th century: 1. **The Gorham Company** advertises "Old English Blackjacks"—decorative leather drinking vessels with copper linings and sterling silver mountings, priced from five dollars upward. 2. **Daimler Manufacturing Company** promotes the American Mercedes automobile, priced at $7,500, positioning it as a reliable luxury vehicle comparable to the German original. 3. **Barton & Guestier** advertises French pure olive oil from Bordeaux, established 1725, claiming over 50 years of U.S. shipments. The page reflects the commercial focus of *Life* magazine during this era—advertising luxury goods to affluent readers rather than publishing satirical commentary.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF 1001. An Important Announcement Concerning OLD ENGLISH BLACKJACKS The Gorham Company desires to direct attention tc its extremely novel and orginal collection of Loving Cups and Tankards, offered under the name of “Old English Blackjacks.” These have been designed especially to meet the very wide-spread demand for articles of this nature which shall be as dignifed and as dec- oratively effective, but yet not so costly as though fashioned of solid silver. . They are made closely to simulate the Old English “ Blackjacks”’ and “ Leathern Bottles,” those characteristic drinking utensils of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which are to-day so eagerly sought after by collectors of artistic rarities. These strikingly original examples of an artistic revival are to be found ia all sizes from the drinking mug to the imposing Loving Cup, the tall Tankard or the well-proportioned Flagon. The bodies are of heavy hand-worked leather, the linings of red copper, the mountings, including the shields for monograms, inscriptions or armorial bearings, of sterling silver. Blackjacks are exclusively made by The Gorham Company at very moderate prices, from five dollars upward, and are to be obtained from the important jewelers throughout the country, as well as from the makers. THE GORHAM COMPANY SILVERSMITHS AND GOLDSMITHS FIFTH AVENUE AND THIRTY-SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK (The New Gorham Building) FoR Reliability and Luxury combined with low cost for maintenance there is no automobile made in this country that compares with the American Mercedes Which is an authorized copy of the German Mercedes LET US CIVE YOU DEMONSTRATION Paris Price New York Price $2500 —* We Pay the Duty” Descriptive Catalogue on Request NEW YORK CITY GARAGE, 10 WEST 60TH STREET DAIMLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY 953 STEINWAY AVENUE, LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. Established 1725 BORDEAUX PURE OLIVE OIL BARTON & GUESTIER BORDEAUX HUILE D'OLIVE Superfine Clarifite ff FASHSIMILE OF LABEL. CERTIFICATES OY ANALYSIS of rh we have In our eR. & G, Oltve O11, ‘The foregoing analysis of the Olive OM dense Fly that it ix perfectly Pure F co. Fitth Ave., New York, Chemists, Chemistato tne ° For over 50 years Messrs. BARTON & GUESTIER have shipped to the United States the highest grade of PURE OLIVE OIL. It has been sold during that period by the leading grocers of this City. E, LA MONTAGNE & SONS AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 45 Beavor Street, New York comicbooks.com