Life, 1908-02-27 · page 2 of 20
Life — February 27, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains three advertisements: 1. **Cadillac Coupe** (left): Markets an enclosed two-passenger motor car priced at $1,350, emphasizing its suitability for all weather conditions and purposes—positioning it as ideal for physicians, shopping, and opera attendance. 2. **J. & F. Martell Cognac** (top right): Advertises French brandy and liqueurs, highlighting the company's founding in 1715. 3. **Club Cocktail** (bottom right): Promotes a pre-mixed bottled cocktail as a convenient alternative to bar-made drinks. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture, with automobiles and alcohol as luxury goods marketed to affluent readers. There is **no apparent political cartoon or satirical commentary**—this is a straightforward advertising section.
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ate ot he Pst On Now Verh 5. Tha Coprgne, 1908 Lire Pevoms Cow, Rain or Shine, it’s all the same in a Cadillac Coupe £.0.B detroit $1350 ‘ener ked' Hor The Ideal Physician’s Car The Ideal Shopping Car The Ideal Opera Car The IDEAL CAR for any purpose where a two passenger en- closed motor vehicle is desired. The Cadillac Coupe comprises our regular single cylinder chassis with enclosed body. It is suitable for every day in the year, warm or cold, rain or shine, mud or snow, for city streets or country roads. In cold or inclement weather the occupants are almost as well and com- fortably housed as they would be at their own fireside. In pleasant weather the front and rear windows may be lowered and the side windows opened, pemnitting ample air circulation. The coupe body may be removed and our runabout or four pas- senger body substituted for summer use if with its gasoline motor has many advantages over cars using other motive power. There are no noxious odors from gases. There is no waiting for the storage of power; you can replenish the tank with gasoline almost any place and be on your way in a few minutes. The Cadillac Coupe is luxuriously upholstered and trimmed and richly finished both inside and out. It has every mark of dignity and refinement. It has all the single cylinder Cadillac characteristics of durability, constancy and dependability and is by far the least ex- pensive enclosed car to operate and maintain. Ask for our special Coupe Booklet and Catalog T 45. We can make immediate deliveries CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO., Detroit, Mich. Member A. L. A. M. Cognac (Founded 1715) FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES | GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agents G.S. NICHOLAS &CO, New York ‘THERE is always something lacking in the flavor of 2 made-by-guesswork cocktail. CLUB COCKTAILS are the only perfect cocktails. A mixed-to-measure blend of rare old liquors aged in wood—always uniform in flavor, fragrant, delicious, appetizing. a CL COCKTAIL is a vastly better drink than any chance- mixed cocktail possibly could be. 7 kinds. At all good dealers. Manhattan (whiskey base) and Martini (gin base) are universal favorites. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. Hartford New York London