Life, 1907-12-19 · page 21 of 28
Life — December 19, 1907 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It features holiday gift advertisements for three products: Gillette Safety Razors, Knapp-Felt hats, and New York Central Lines trains. The Gillette ad uses a formal portrait of a man to market razors as practical gifts, emphasizing the product's ease of use—"no skill required," "no honing, no stropping"—making it suitable for any man. The hat and train ads similarly target male consumers with holiday shopping suggestions. The right column announces **Life magazine's 25th birthday issue** (January 2, 1908), promoting it as a historic collectible featuring contributions from notable writers and illustrators like Charles Dana Gibson. This is a self-promotional announcement, not editorial content. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and advertising conventions, with no apparent satire or caricature intended. It's a standard commercial page from a magazine that supported itself through advertising revenue.
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therm Railrood cen Gaelic wit railroad tack the rails. Call: full mimate a2! yng as you sje n't got noce."— 1 and gone and Journal Gato Comsier ip and stops a pig piog For him— The Ideal Holiday Gift is one of my Razors—the « Gillette.” It will save him time—save him money—he will appreciate it for a lifetime and his gratefulness will be everlasting—because with The Gillette Safety Razor no skill is required to use it successfully, there is——no honing—no stropping — the most inexperienced man can shave himself witho-t cut or scratch. Buy it for him to-day The Gillett Safety Razor Set consists of « tripk silver plated holder, 12 double-edged bla: 24 keen edges, packed in a velvet lined lea case, and the price is $5.00 at all the lead- ing Jewelry, Drug. Cutlery, Hardware Sporting Goods Dealers. COMBINATION SETS FROM $6.50 to $50 Ask your dealer for the “GILLETTE” to-day If substitutes are offered _ refuse them and write us at once for our booklet and free trial offer. GILLETTE SALES COMPANY 228 TIMES BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY The first Derby made in America was a C. & K. HATS FOR MEN NAPP-FELT hats are the best hats made. They are appropriate presents for the Holidays—for yourself or for your friend. If you please, we will send an order, on receipt of remittance, which will be honored by any hatter in the United States. om | Pp KNAPP-FELT De Luxe hats are Six Dollars— BANTAM Knapp-Felts are Four Dollars, everywhere. WI Tux CrRoruT & KNAPP GO. BROADWAY. AT THIRTEENTH ST. NEW YORK | ‘Opera, Paris: peajon; 9 Ret EM Four 24-Hour Trains to Chicago Every Day NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES will celebrate its ‘[ wenty- fifth Birthday in the issue of January Second, 1908 It will contain: A New Drawing by Charles Dana Gibson Reminiscent Articles by John A. Mitchell James S. Metcalfe and Thomas L. Masson Birthday Poems by Julian Hawthorne and Edward S. Martin Also Reproduced pages from the first number of LIFE, and a num- ber of special illustrations with special text by LIFE’S best artists and contributors. Order in advance from your newsdealer or begin your sub- scription so as to include this historic number. comicbooks.com