Life, 1906-11-29 · page 4 of 28
Life — November 29, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not editorial satire. Life Publishing Company is promoting an art print titled "An Old Love Song," drawn by C. Crale Opsimus, offered as a subscription incentive. The advertisement uses the paradoxical headline "You Can Not Buy This Picture" to create intrigue. The actual offer: new subscribers paying $5.00 annually (with payment received by February 1, 1907) would receive a large reproduction of this romantic scene—depicting figures in what appears to be a moonlit interior or garden setting. The marketing strategy emphasizes exclusivity and value: the print is hand-printed on quality paper, framed-ready, and unavailable through regular commercial channels. Subscribers could alternatively select other prints valued at $2.50 from Life's catalog.
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You Can Not Buy This Picture Coprright, 1906 Life Pebabieg Comyesy The size of the charming picture (of which this isa reproduction in miniature) is 10\x15 inches. The large print is a sepia photogravure, plate marked. It is hand-printed on Exora steel-plate paper, 19x24, ready for framing. The Picture Will Not Be Sold But the large print will be delivered, carriage prepaid, to every new sub- scriber to LIFE at $5.00 a year, if we receive the remittance before February 1, 1907. In place of “An Old Love Song.” new subscribers may, if they so prefer, select prints from our catalogue to the value of $2.50. The handsome little catalogue of LIFE’S PRINTS, with miniature teprodudions of 127 drawings, will be sent to any address on application. LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 17 WEST 31a STREET, NEW YORK CITY