Life, 1906-08-23 · page 20 of 20
Life — August 23, 1906 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains no political cartoons or satire—it is entirely **advertisements and travel promotions**. The content includes: **Commercial ads**: Andrew Usher whisky ("Old Vatted Glenlivet"), Egyptian Deities cigarettes (claiming superior quality and "smoke luxury"), positioned as aspirational luxury goods. **Travel promotions**: Two competing railroad vacation packages—the Pennsylvania Railroad advertising a 5.5-day Yellowstone Park trip ($227, September 3, 1906) and the New York Central promoting the Adirondacks as a September destination, both emphasizing scenic beauty and comfort. The page reflects early-1900s advertising conventions: appeals to refinement and leisure for affluent readers, and railroad competition for tourist dollars. Modern readers should note: cigarettes were openly marketed as quality products; train travel was the primary vacation conveyance for the wealthy.
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G. S. NICHOLAS, Sole Agent, New York. Covyright 1975, by 3. Anargyroa | ei YPTIAN DEITIES are made for smokers who ask first about quality, about price—not at all. The quality of CIGARETTES is so high that the price is purely incidental. They are to-day the recognized standard of smoke luxury — bought first because of their reputation, smoked afterward be- cause of their character. No. 1 size, 10 for 35c. No. 3 size, 10 for 25c. “Perfect in form; delightful in substance” Yellowstone Park OFrens AN IDEAL SEPTEMBER OUTING All Conditions of Temperature, Scenic Effect and Out-of-Door Life at their Best. Park People call it “The Finest Month of the Year.” Attractive Vacation Outing UNDER THE PERSONALLY-CONOUCTED SYSTEM OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SEPTEMBER 3, 1906 FIVE AND A HALF DAYS IN NATURE’S WONDERLAND Returning Through the Northwest and Beautiful Colorado RATE, $227 from NEW YORK; proportionate rates from other points. All necessary expenses for twenty-one days. SPECIAL PULLMAN TRAIN Itloeraries gad full particulars of Ticket Agents, C. STUDDS, E. P. A., 263 Fifth Ave., jew York, or GEO. W. BOYD, General Passenger Agent J. R. WOOD, Passenger Traffic Manager Philadelphia, SEPTEMBER IN THE ADIRONDACKS No finer place can be found than the Adirondacks in September. The air is cool and bracing, the scenery beautiful and the sense of perfect rest that comes with the night is delightful. This wonderful region is reached from all directions by the “America’s Greatest Railroad” For a copy of “The Adirondack Mountains and How to Reach Them,” send a two-cent stamp to George H. Danie General Advertising Department, Grand Central Station, New York. C.F. DALY, Passenger Traffic Manager, New York