Life, 1906-03-01 · page 4 of 46
Life — March 1, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily automobile advertisements** from the early 1900s, with one small cartoon at bottom right. The cartoon depicts a child asking an adult (labeled "Uncle Jack") about a children's game involving a long pole, chalk ball, table, and hoop. The joke's wordplay is unclear from the image alone, but the caption suggests Uncle Jack is explaining or misunderstanding the game's rules—likely a simple pun or play on words typical of Life magazine's light humor. The advertisements showcase period cars (Stoddard-Dayton, Marmon, Truffault-Hartford shock absorber), emphasizing mechanical innovations like suspension systems and smooth rides—major selling points for early automobiles when road travel remained rough and uncomfortable. The cartoon is incidental to the page's commercial purpose.
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Stoddard-Dayton (MODEL 0) PERFECT power plant swung lightly but securely in a frame of hot- rolled, high carbon, pressed’ steel 2o re-enforced that tremendous weight will not deficct’it. vonstant bath of oil. Control-absolute Comfort-princely The Stoddard-Dayton, Model D, 5-passenger Touring Car has a special type of 4!¢ x5 in. 4-cylinder motor; water-cooled ; frame of hot-rolled, high carbon, pressed steel ; sliding gear transmission ; three peeds and elective type, can change from high to intermec or vice speed of 25 miles, without clashing or noise, up hill or down; y noiseless; entire transmission on roller bearings ; mechanical ubrication ; 30-35 horse-power, Proportion of power to weight, one horse- power to every sixty pounds. $2250. Send for our 1906 book B— It's FREE “As good as it looks’’ Roller bearings everywhere, running in a) THE DAYTON MOTOR CAR CO., Dayton, Ohio! IMPROVED ‘TRUFFAULT ‘HARTFORD SHOCK ABSORBE TRADE MARK An Automobile Necessity Makes your car ride like a rocking-chair. Increases the speed and pre- vents lost traction. Obviates the necessity cf slowing down for obstructions. Absolutely prevents break- ing of springs. New model absolutely self-adjusting. Requires no attention after application. Adopted by the Pierce Great Arrow, Locomobite, Vatheson, Richard-Braster, Peugeot, Napier, cobron-Brillté, Cars under 1500 Ibs. $40 (four sorpensions). Cars over 1500 Ibs. $60 (four suspensions) WARNING Made under Fundamental Patents covering broadly All Frictional Retarding Devices for vehicle springs. We warn the public against being misled by devices which are either c infingeents ‘on our patents or are based on principles which we have disc HARTFORD SUSPENSION COMPANY, E. V. Hartford, Pres. 67 Vestry Street, Now York. WE ARE, DLE AMERIC TS FOR THE CEI GOBRON-BRILLIE, “THE FINEST AUTOMOBILE IN THE WORLD ” BRATED ‘Kh Mechanical Masterpiece” Front Wheel and opposite Rear Wheel each raised over a foot. Not a strain anywhere. ROAD STRAIN. nore severe twist and st Can you con: le mechanism than is shown armon is the only car that is not strained or injured by this test or by present. It is the only car with flexib or lowered, each wheel still shares aft (without eefect transmission of p esa luxury of motion that is impossible in any This flexibility is chiefly due to an exclusive patented feature, DOUBLE THREE POINT SUSPENSION. body on one frame, power plant on another frame, each ints. Eliminates binding and twisting strains; Luxurious solid cast aluming y prolongs the life of tires n has the one unfailing oiling system, unique in its simplicity and economy. Lon suffices for 600 to 1000 miles Your eylinders Mie costed Carefully constructed, quiet and stylish n appearance. Write for Booklet L. Model C, 24 M.P. Model D, 30 H.P. NORDYKE & MARMON CO. (Estab. 1851.) Indianapolis, Ind. + $2,500. + $3,000. “UNCLE JACK, WHAT IS IT THE MEN PLAY, WHEN ONE RUBS SOME CHALK OX THE END OF IT, POKES A wutT TABLE, AND THEN WISTS CP ONE LEG AND SAYS "CAMN’ -AKES A LONG POLE, ALL. AROUND THE