Life, 1906-07-19 · page 3 of 28
Life — July 19, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Fawkes Airless Tire** ad (top left): Claims superiority over conventional tires with "Badge of Perfection" branding 2. **Bausch & Lomb Tessar Lens** (top right): Camera equipment advertisement emphasizing lens quality for professional photography 3. **Summer Homes** listing (middle left) 4. **Sanderson's "Mountain Dew" Scotch** (left): Whiskey advertisement 5. **Old Hampshire Bond** stationery (right): Business paper promotion emphasizing quality and professional image 6. **"A Flyer in Wheat"** illustration (center): A dramatic artistic sketch, likely editorial content rather than advertisement The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture, targeting middle and upper-class readers through luxury goods and professional products. No clear political satire is evident.
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jen. rom hill. ved rest my. tical FECTION | No More Punctures, Rim Cutting, Coming Of, or Explosions. AIRLESS FAWKES ‘ics TIRE —the only safe tire—ends them all. Not a solid tire yet lasts longer—not a pneumatic but ides as easy. Thousands in use and demand increasing enormously. Try a set TEN DAYS FREE. Write for free Fawkes booklet on “Tire Troubles” containing scores of convine- ingtestimonials. Milwaukee Rabber Works Co. eNitan Ave, Codaby, Whe, Bausch®@leomb-Zeiss Tessar Be Sure of the Lens when buying your camera. of the outfit. The lens is the most important part Almost any kind of lens will make some kinds of pictures and under some conditions, but it takes a Tessar Lens to make first class pictures under all kinds of conditions. Dark days, late or early hours, street scenes, landscapes, interiors, portraits, athletes, copies of the finest engravings are alike to TESSAR. How much more pleasure and profit can be had from a camera fitted with a Tessar Lens, how much less wasted material and opportunities, Such standard cameras as Kodaks, Premos, Centuries, Hawkeyes, Graflex are now sold with Tessar Lenses. See that the dealer shows you a camera with a Tessar Lens. Booklet “Aids to Artistic Aims” on request. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. BOSTON Rochester, N. Y. WASHINGTON cmicaco SAN FRANCISCO in Green Hills of Vermont and Lake Champlain Terms $4 to $10 per Vermont points. As good as any on the continent. iio-page illustrated Ry. 385 Broadway, New York. UMMER HOMES week New trains between Boston. New York, Springfield and) ochure mailed free on receipt of 6c. CCLESTONE, S. P. A., Central Vermont SAN DERSON’S “MOUNTAIN DEW" SCOTCH i The finest favored Scotch Whisky imported into the United S Only at the best Hotels and Cafes. A Sanderson DEWBALL Go-Day—NOW “A FLyeR IN wogar” The Luxury of an Outing THE fins thought in arranging for an outing or picmic in the ‘woods is how to secure the maximum benefits and pleasures wrth the minimum discomfort and disappointment, and the great increase in the number of votaries of outdoor life every year makes the question of food supplics a dominating one. Ever since the days of Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest, lovers of Outdoor life have depended upon ale to opea the way to the full enjoyment of the occasion. The same good old customs which prevailed in olden times are in existence to-day. as evinced by the great increase in the ranks of the army of recreation seekers nd theie pronounced partiality for Evans’ Ale, which has become famous as a summer beverage among lovers of outdoor life for the way it imparts vigor and enjoyment to an outing. The zest with which it rounds off a meal agds a delight that & com plete ‘The sparkling. frothy. bubbling way in which it pours out shows its most perfect condition. Evans’ is the one ale most suitable for all places, whether in the mountains, at the seashore, oo a yacht or traveling by train, boat of automobile, because it is always in the same periect condition and because it cannot spoil, no matter how abused in handling, due to the fact that it does not contain a particle of sediment. The Crown Corks appeal especially to those who like the easy way of opening a bottle. You are judged by the business stationery you select hardly less than by the company you choose. To insure yourself against this world’s quickly made estimates, use stationery that not merely precludes the possibility of unfavorable im- pressions, but bespeaks for you character and position. OLD HAMPSHIRE BOND “Look for the Water Mark" has the ‘‘crackle of quality” due to a body and fineness of texture un- surpassed in the paper-making art. Write us on your present letterhead for the Book ef Specimens, showing Ovo Hasirsiiee Boxp in white and fourteen colors, printed, lithographed and en- frayed_on letterheads, checks and other ssiness form ‘or ask your printer for it. Hampshire Paper Company ‘The only paper makers in the world making bond paper exclusively South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts comicbooks.com