Life, 1908-04-02 · page 12 of 44
Life — April 2, 1908 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **no political cartoons or satire**—it is primarily **advertisements** from circa 1908. The content includes: - **Brewster & Co.**: An automobile manufacturer advertising custom carriage bodies and repairs in New York City - **Viyella Flannel**: A fabric company promoting spring 1908 textile designs (plaids, stripes, solid colors) for clothing, emphasizing the product "does not shrink" - **Boston Garter**: A men's garter advertised with an illustration of a leg/foot, highlighting features like the "Velvet Grip" cushion button and claiming it "lies flat to the leg—never slips, tears, nor unfastens" - **Old Hampshire Bond**: Business stationery paper, featuring text about making good first impressions in business correspondence The page reflects early 1900s consumer advertising and product innovation, with no satirical or political commentary visible.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“WIYELLA’ AEG'D FLANNEL 40:60 De Luanay- Belleville with Salon Limousine, by Brewster & Co. New Spring Designs for 1908 Plaids! Stripes! Solid Colours! FOR Shirt Waists, Shirt Waist Suits, Dressing Sacks and Children’s Garments, Men’s Golfing Shirts, Pajamas, Etc. All styles of automobile bodies are eh. ing and also niounted on the best mak ported chassis, ‘We do this work in wood only, experience has shown to be better for the purpose than metal, and considerably lighter in weight. We produce only distinctive | designs, or build fror 1 suggestions made by the owner to meet his own requirements. Our engine and body repair work is of the highest class only, and is done in min- Brewster & Co. Broadway and 47th Street New York City 1 on our floors—bodies ready for mount- “VIYELLA” can be obtained at the leading Dry Goods Stores and Men’s Furnishers The second look is what gives an advantage with the busy man. Among a dozen letters of about the same import, the one that is looked at a second time, and laid on the end of the desk by itself, is likely to be the eye-pleasing one which is written on a handsome letterhead of STYLE, NEATNESS COMFORT THE IMPROVED BOSTON PBA The Name is stamped on every loop—Be sure it’s there THE J wp CUSHION BUTTON CLASP LIES FLAT TO THE LEG—NEVER SLIPS, TEARS, NOR UNFASTENS WORN ALL OVER THE WORLD Sample pair, Sk The standard paper Jor business stationery OLD HAMPSHIRE BOND “Look for this Water Mark” “Why did you select that one from the lot?” asked a partner, when precisely this happened. “I don’t know,” was the honest reply; “I suppose it was because the general look of it pleased me.” When the reasons are balanced, decision is made on im- pulse. That it pays always to ure Oto Hasrsmtar Bono for commercial stationery is the testimony of prudent business men, Prove this for you have your printer show you the O1p Hamrsuiar Boxp Book of Speci- mens, or better still, write us for a copy. It con tains suggestive specimens of letterheads and other business forms, printed, lithographed and engraved on the white and fourteen colors of Oxo Hamr- suiez Bonn, Please write on your present letter head. |Hampshire Paper Company | ‘The only paper makers in the world | making bond paper exclusively Mailed 00 receipt of GEO. FROST CO., Makers BOSTON, MASS., U.S. A. Insist on Having the Genuine Refuse All Substitutes ASK FOR OUR NEW “NEEDRAW" BOSTON GARTER comicbooks.com