Life, 1907-08-22 · page 19 of 24
Life — August 22, 1907 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising, not satire or editorial content**. It contains four advertisements typical of early 1900s publications: 1. **Corbin Motor Vehicle** — promotes an economical touring car ($2,500) emphasizing fuel efficiency 2. **Silk Pneumatic Golf Balls** — luxury sports equipment for affluent golfers 3. **Hartford Tire** — the dominant advertisement, featuring a photograph of a tire that allegedly survived 7,509 miles with minimal wear, positioned as proof of superior quality 4. **Evans' Ale** — beverages marketed to mountain travelers The Hartford Tire ad is most prominent, using a customer testimonial (Dr. P.J. Ryan) and visual evidence to establish credibility—a common early advertising strategy before modern consumer protection standards. **No political cartoon or satire is present.** This is a straightforward commercial page targeting middle-to-upper-class consumers interested in automobiles, leisure sports, and premium products.
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AL AUP 1B) The “Full-Jeweled” Touring Car, $2500 The car that uses less oil and less gasolene per mile than any car in its class. Important factors that make it the car you can best afford to own. CORBIN MOTOR VEHICLE CORPORATION Senter Atnucatlon Licenand Avtomoblle Musafaetarere NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT 1888 Broadway, 62d St., New York Motor Mart, Boston, Mass. The Best Golf Ball ME site PNEUMATIC BREST because it rewards every clean shot — behaves better when properly played than will any other golf, alls With to other ball is such finished golf possible. Write for printed matter Jully describing Silk Pneumatic Golf Balls and how they will help you to play better gol}. By Mail to Your Summer Retreat, to Your Home or Favorite Golf Chal We give special attention to individual orders. Sample Balls, 60 cents) Postage Half Dozen, '- Bal Express Dozen, - - - $7.00) Prepaid They will not crack or gash. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Ball Dept., 1109 E. Market St., Akren,0.,U.S.A. Seven Thousand Five Hundred Miles Another Proof of Hartford Tire Quality This cut is made from an. actual photograph of a section of a Hartford Tire 28x3, run by Dr. P. J. Ryan of Hartford, Conn., 7,509 miles by Odometer on his Cadillac Car. Note carefully that this tire is in practically perfect condition. It pays to buy the best in tires. You'll remember the quality a long time after you have forgotten the price. Most manufacturers equip their cars with good tires; some are not so particular. Protect yourself by specifying and insisting on Hartford Dunlop or Clincher Tires There's no secret about the widespread popularity of Hartford Tires. They're absolutel right, made of the best material by men a kg experience with a determination to cacal, FREE, 4.beok thst shows by pictures how to put on a Clincher or Dunlop Tire. Every Owner, every Driver, every Dealer should have it HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Agencies: hye, Co., Portland (Ore), Salt Mountain Air, Robust Appetite, and EVANS’ ALE to give a Zest and aid digestion For the man in the mountains there's nothing quite so good as Evans’ Ale. comicbooks.com