Life, 1907-09-26 · page 2 of 24
Life — September 26, 1907 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising content** from an early 1900s *Life* magazine, not satirical editorial material. The page contains three advertisements: 1. **Cadillac automobiles** — promoting the Model G at $2,000, emphasizing economical operation and offering a free booklet about automobile maintenance costs. 2. **Brewster & Co. automobiles** — advertising custom automobile bodies and chassis, located on Broadway and 47th Street, New York. 3. **Life Publishing Company** — promoting magazine binders for preservation and Flagg's humor books ("Tomfoolery," "A Guide to Bad Manners," "Why They Married"), each priced at 75 cents. The small cartoon of a sad man ("IF YOU FEEL LIKE THIS") is simply a visual hook to advertise Flagg's humorous books as a cure for melancholy. There is no political satire on this page.
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Brewster & Co. Automobiles 'HE Cadillac, because of its wonderfully efficient and simple construction, its minute mechat.ical accuracy, its perfect bal- ance at every point, is, without exception, the most economical in operating expense of all motor cars. To bring you right down to solid facts on this point, we have prepared a book entitled “* The Truth about the Automobile and What it Costs to Maintain One "’ giving unbiased opinions and actual experiences and expenditures of 164 Cadillac owners. Full of interesting performances and live information. Free, if you write at once for Booklet No. 45. CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO., i EXTENSION FRONT LANDAULET LIMOUSINE. Detroit, Mich. Mem. A. L. A. M. | MADE BY BREWSTER & CO. No matter what style of automobile body you want, we have it, ready for mounting. You may s:lect a car complete, on one of the best makes of chassis from our stock, ready for delivery. Engine and body repairing by highly skilled workmen only. Brewster & Co. Model G—$2,000 |] Broadway and 47th Street. New York Why Not Preserve Your Copies of ‘LIFE: In Good Condition? If, when you have finished with the week's issue, it is placed on file in one of our binders, it is always convenient for reference and the volume becomes an unfailing source of pleasure and amusement. The Binder is an ingenious arrangement, substantially made, bound in either black or | Here's a cure—Try Flagg’s “Tomfoolery.” | If no better, take Flagg’s “If; a Guide to Bad dd ot of dollar b | Manners.” You are bound to improve —but tovany acdresson: receipt of-one dollar by | as a safeguard take “Why They Married,” Flagg's latest. Change of expression guar- _=_= anteed. They're all 75c. each and LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY has them. garnet cloth, with cover design in gilt. Sent LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-first Street New York City comicbooks.com