Life, 1906-01-04 · page 36 of 48
Life — January 4, 1906 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists entirely of **advertisements**, not editorial cartoons or satire. It's a collection of early 20th-century product ads: **Lansdowne** (top left): A fabric brand emphasizing that genuine products have perforations every three yards—warning against counterfeits. **Rogers, Peet & Co.** (top center): Menswear retailer advertising wool coats for coachmen. **Monarch Shirt** (top right): Dress shirt brand claiming royal quality at affordable prices ($1.00-$1.25). **Sanderson's Mountain Dew Scotch** (bottom left): Whisky brand using humor—asking why drink inferior Scotch when you could try theirs. **Abbott's Angostura Bitters** (center): Digestive/cocktail ingredient. **White Rock** (bottom right): Mineral water advertised as a New Year's resolution product ("speed the old and pledge the new"). The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture, with emphasis on authenticity (fighting counterfeits) and aspirational branding.
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Many a woman has bought a Lansdowne only to discover that #4 was not “[ansdowne! just because she did not keep in mind the fact that the Genuine is perforated every 3 yards on the selvedge For sale at all good stores DO YOU DRINK Impure water? Coffee that isn’t good? Or tea that’s poor? No. Then why drink J a Scotch that you're tired of? If you are nota “regular,” try a dew- ball made with SANDERSON’S “MOUNTAIN DEW” SCOTCH It’s a real Scotch. Livery greatcoats that are all wool, and so keep the coachman warm as toast. As the coachman ought to be. Deseriptive folder on application. ROGERS, PEET & CO., 258—842—1260 Broadway, (3 Stores) NEW YORK. ABBOTT'S MGQSTURAE = Its popularity has long sincejust fied its name. quality among shirts of; ka $1.00 and $1.25 in fast color fabrics and white. .\, Leadibg dealers. ‘Mako the best cocktail. A delightfu) aromatic for all wine, spinitand soda butulimanona:e ‘after meale,adonla relief and aldedigestion, Important to see that it is Abbott's,