Life, 1907-06-06 · page 2 of 56
Life — June 6, 1907 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **railroad advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes the Pioneer Limited train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, departing Chicago daily at 6:30 p.m. The central illustration depicts a fashionable woman surrounded by luxury travel accessories—tennis rackets, golf clubs, and luggage—representing the leisurely pursuits available to affluent travelers. The headline "Fair Summerland Pioneers / Whose Pursuit of Pleasure Ends with the World's End" uses ironic language: "world's end" refers not to apocalypse but to remote destinations like the Rockies, Yellowstone, and the Pacific Northwest. The ad emphasizes the train's comfort (library car, dining service) and lists special summer rates for various routes, targeting wealthy tourists seeking transcontinental pleasure travel.
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Entered the Teat fee at New Yor. XT, a8 Sead Gane Bal ener Copyright, 187, by Lara Puaussmive Oa, nay Fair Summerland Pioneers Gy, V/ Whose Pursuit of Pleasure Ends with the World's End hold in affectionate remembrance the luxurious, care-free travel to and through the Rockies—through the great pine forests—to the Yellowstone—in the cool shadows of snow-capped mountains—to the magic North Pacific Coast and the Orient beyond— afforded by The PIONEER LIMITED on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Leaving Chicago Daily at 6.30 p.m. A train famous wherever tourists go, specially designed and constructed to rob the journey of all discomfort. Beautiful library car— longer, higher and wider berths —dining service of rarest excellence. Service supplemented by two other superb trains, The Overland Limited and The Colorado Special, giving choice of routes, going or coming, via St. Paul and Minneapolis, or Omaha, or Kansas City. SPECIAL SUMMER RATES: $54 from Chicago to Spokane and return, June 20 to July 12; $62.50 to Seattle and retum, June 20 to July 12; to other North Pacific Coast points, June 20 to July 12; low rates to Los Angeles or San Francisco, June 22 to July 5. vA Information and interesting literature supplied by p F. A. MILLER, W. S. HOWELL, Me Waele PASSENGER AGENT, CHICAGD. GENERAL EASTERN AGENT, 381 BROADWAY, HEW m Y ——S ST SSS —— ————— 749 comicbooks.com