Life, 1906-09-06 · page 10 of 40
Life — September 6, 1906 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists entirely of **period advertisements**, not editorial cartoons or satire. There are four product ads: 1. **Williams' Shaving Stick** — appeals to "the thoughtful man" concerned with facial comfort 2. **Smith Premier Typewriter** — emphasizes mechanical precision and multiple ink colors 3. **Boston Garter** — advertises men's garters with a cushioned button; the visual shows a leg/stocking and promises the product "never slips, tears or unfastens" 4. **Old Hampshire Bond paper** — targets printers and businesses, arguing their paper quality matches gold standard These are straightforward early-20th-century commercial advertisements with no political or satirical content. The page represents typical **Life magazine monetization** through product endorsements rather than humorous commentary.
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Shaving SticK Williams The Thoughtful Man who carefully considers the comfort and health of his face always insists on’ getting Williams’ Shaving Soap. Its pure, creamy, antiseptic lather assures a degree of satisfaction and shaving soap. Witliams’ Shaving Sticks and S! Nenu 4 cents inetampe tora Wi Of Luxury Shaving Soap, trial TUE J. B, WT MS COMPANY Department A Glastonbury, CONN. London Paris Berlin Sydney having SUCK OF 8 cakS WHEN YOU ASK FOR THE IMPROVED BOSTON GARTER REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES and Insist on Having the Genuine “BA The Name is stamped on every ° loop— The 17 CUSHION BUTTON CLASP Lies flat to the leg—never Slips, Tears nor Unfastens Samipte pair. . Cotton 2c Mailed of of price. GEO. FROST CO., Makers Boston, Mass., U.S.A. ALWAYS EASY ‘. healthfulness afforded by no other | ‘akes solid everywhere, | wi if J iti Office detail is fast being reduced to mechanical exactness, ‘ The New Tri-Chrome Smith Premier Typewriter writing letters in purple-copying ink, documents to be preserved in non-fading black, and red when desired for emphasis and billing, is doing more in this direction than any machine yet devised. ‘The price is the same as that of all Smith Premier Models THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO., Syracuse, N.Y. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE To say that a thing is ‘as good as gold” is very complimentary to the gold. Ifa printer should say ‘this paper 1s as good as Otp Hamrsuire Bonp,” it is very complimentary to our product. But, when you want go.d, you want gold; not something as good as gold, and when you tell your printer or lithographer that you want your letters on OLD HAMPSHIRE BOND “Look for the Water Mark" we know you will see that you get it, even if it is “made a little better than seems necessary.” We make it shat way for men and firms who will not jeopardize an important written message by an in- ferior presentation. ‘That Op Hasrsitire Boxp is good paper for commercial stationery is the testimony of business and. professional men. Many of them have told us it is the best. Prove this yourseli—have your printer show you the Oup Hamp sive Boxp Book of Specimens, or bet er still, write us Jor a c py. It con. tains suggestive specimens of letterheads and other business forms, printed, litho- graphed and eograved on the white and fourteen colors of Otp Haursiiey, Boxp. Please write on your present letterhead. Hampshire Paper Company The only paper makers in the world making bond papers exclusively South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts comicbooks.com