Life, 1907-08-29 · page 22 of 24
Life — August 29, 1907 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is not a satirical cartoon page but rather an **advertising catalog** for Life Publishing Company's art reproductions (circa 1907, based on copyright dates). The page showcases eight available prints by various illustrators, each priced between 50 cents and $2.00. The works feature sentimental and romantic themes typical of early 20th-century commercial art: "Her Choice," "Moonstruck," "The Choir Invisible," and "Auf Wiedersehen" depict romantic or emotionally evocative scenes. The epigraph from Ruskin emphasizes that pictures are essential decor. These are **photogravures and facsimiles** — mass-produced reproductions meant for middle-class home decoration. The page demonstrates Life magazine's business model: selling refined artwork reproductions to ordinary Americans, combining journalism with commercial art publishing.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“A room without pictures is like a room without windows.”—RUSKIN Life’s Prints ig 100T by Lite Pad. Co, HER CHOICE “Smile if you will But some heart-strings Are closest linked With simplest things."—Will Carleton Ajter C. Coles Philtips India Print in Brown, 22 by 18 in $2.00 MOONSTRUCK Ajter Henry Hutt Photogravure in Brown, 20 by 15 in. 31.00 THE CHOIR INVISIBLE Alter C. Clyde Squires Photogravure in Brown, 20 by 15 in. $1.00 A LEE SHORE After FW. Read A Photogravure in Black, 15 by 20 in. $1.00 Copymehh 1990 by Life POS Co “AUP WIEDERSEHEN” After John Cecil Clay Facsimile in Color, 15 by 20 in. $1.00 Coprrighe 106 by Lite Pan. Ca —THE CUP THAT CLEARS TO-DAY OF PAST REGRETS AND FUTURE FEARS Alter C. Coles Philtips Omar * India Print, 22 by 18 in. $2.00 Copyright 1007 Wy Lite Ped. Co FORTY DAYS After Will Foster Photogravure in Brown, 15 by 20 in $1.00 Copyright 190T oy Lite red. ca. HELLO, OLD MAN. ANY TROUBLE? * Alter J. M. Floge Photogravure in Black, 15 by 20 in. 50 cents LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31st Street, New York comicbooks.com al