Life, 1907-02-07 · page 5 of 52
Life — February 7, 1907 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements for automobiles and automotive products** from what appears to be the early 1900s, not political satire. The single cartoon titled "Marriage as a Sacrament" shows a standing man looking down at a woman on the ground, with a caption indicating he's an Episcopal clergyman who believes all divorce is wicked. This is social satire about religious hypocrisy regarding marriage and divorce—the implied joke being that despite clergy's stated beliefs in the sanctity of marriage, divorces nonetheless occurred. The ads feature the Oldsmobile, Truffault-Hartford shock absorbers, Diamond wrapped tread tires, and the Pioneer automobile. These represent early automotive industry competition and marketing claims about reliability and innovation.
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_— CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE PROVES THE OLDSMOBILE the car that does things—the car for any exploit—for touring, for hillclimbing, for general utility, The Oldsmobile Mode] “AY Touring Car for 1907 thoroughly tested car, built along the successful lines of Me r 1906, but with reser horse-power, greater capacity and more finished qualities. The conclusive evidence of the capacity of these cars continues to, accumulate. get away from the following convincing facts: The Hill.Climbing Ability Again demon: J by the recent record climb Can you reached the car was driven to the top of Vine Street Hill, still on the high gear. ‘The car which made this remarkable demonstratiog of touring hill-climbing ability was taken fresh from the ory and represented the average Tun of stock Roadability —Demonstrated by the 75-mile run Poughkeepsie over difficult from New York to Model "A" hills and teying 1 A copy of speed lever sealed this run willbe Cal. run, and the Canada, high-speed-lever-sealed in run. If you are an Oldsmobile owner send us your name, address, number of model and date of pur arly the Oldsmo- he tion devoted to the interest of Oldsmobile enthusiasts ‘This run was ‘a Cincinnati was Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Mich., U.S.A. 1? minut male oa For further reasons Member of Depe. L. A. MARRIAGE AS A SACRAMENT A GENTLEMAN WHO BOLIEVES WITH THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY THAT ALL TRUFFAULT-HARTFORD SHOCK ABSORBER ae 5 The Pioneer The Best 1907 MODEL Automatically Lubri- Guaranteed 10,000 miles without re- adjustment. Adopted by Pierce Great Arrow, Loco- mobile, Matheson, Studebaker, Marmon, Lane, Rossel, Conover, Stevens-Duryea, Na- pier, Aerocar, Frontenac, Peugeot, Gobron- Brillié, Brasier and Sultan. Your Car Should Be Equipped HARTFORD SUSPENSION COMPANY, 67 Vestry Street, New York E. V. HARTFORD, President Exhibits ot all shows WHY? WERE | THERE | MORE Grapped Tread Tires ON CARS EXHIBITED AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOW than all foreign makes combined —and more than the next four lead ing American makes combined, lacking one? 74 Cars were equipped with Diamond Tires. 34 Cars were equipped with nearest competing make. More than one-third of the cars in the show—representing prac- tically all the leading machines—were equipped with Diamond Tires. Eleven other makes of tires divided the remaining cars, Every Diamond Tire was bought and paid for by the user. WHY? THE DIAMOND RUBBER COMPA AKRON, OHIO comicbooks.com