Life, 1908-12-24 · page 17 of 20
Life — December 24, 1908 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and promotional page** from Life magazine (circa 1908-1909), not a political cartoon page. The central cartoon shows **Mr. Moon** (a personified moon with a face) exclaiming "CONFOUND THOSE FLYING-MACHINES!" — a topical reference to the early aviation era and public anxiety about this new technology. It's a light joke about how even the moon finds airplanes bothersome. The page otherwise consists of travel advertisements (Orient cruises, European tours), product ads (shade rollers), and a notice about **Charles Dana Gibson's return to America**. Gibson was Life's famous illustrator, known for the "Gibson Girl" drawings. The notice announces he'll contribute new work exclusively to Life magazine after three years studying European masters. The page reflects 1908-1909 concerns: fascination with exotic travel, emerging aviation technology as both marvel and nuisance, and the celebrity status of prominent illustrators in the magazine industry.
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Camden, South Carolina THE KIRKWOOD T. EDMUND KRUMBHOLZ of The Sagamore on Lake George ROUND The Boston THE _$1425 Travel Society Old World WORLD Journeys Remarkable Four Months’ peer Magnificent Steam- Boylston and Berkeley Sts., this, First Clas throughout, Boston, M THE GLORIOUS ORIENT ANNUAL MID-WINTER TOUR LEISURELY TRAVEL SMALL PARTY Japan, China, Sched SELECT SPRING PARTY Hawaii, i] (Cherry Blossom and Wistaria Season) California,Mexico, Fi id (INCLUDING NASSAU OYIGA © “AND HAVANA) CHARMING ITINERARIES The best of everything at the best time RAYMOND & WHITCOMB CO. NEW YORK—225 5th Ave. SEND FOR | poston—306 Washington St BOOKLETS A.—1005 Chestaut St. ORIENT one azote auz,,, | MENILWORTH INN ‘ Selec pany alls Janzary 30. fe) RI E N T Also Seven Tours to Europe, Sprisg 20d Semmer, °09. YITER TOURS, 32 Broadway, N. ¥. (30th Year) HARTSHORN SHADE ROLLERS Bear the script name of Stewart Hartshorn oo label Get “Improved,” no tacks required. | Wood Rollers Tin Rollers Mr, Moon: CONFOUND THOSE FLYING-MACHINES By. S. S. ARABIC—16,000 Tons—Feb. 4, Oct. 16 ‘ jacsega co MO ogre from " 7 djoins Geo, Vanderbilt's f 0} New 30 TOURS TO EUROPE. $250 Up hanagement. Ideal ellmate if, Tennin F, ©, CLARK, Times Build New York NO CON Charles Dana Gibson HAS returned to America to draw more of his inimitable pictures of people. He will also paint in oil colors sub- jects as typically American as his well-known pen-and-ink drawings. G With renewed enthusiasm, and with new powers after three years of study among the masters in Spain, Italy, Holland, France, Germany, and England, Mr. Gibson takes up his work, which will prove even more interesting to lovers of pictures than it was before. His paintings will be faithfully reproduced in full color, and his drawings in black and white, appearing ex- clusively in one publication— For the Coming Year nt, 1908, by Life Pub. Co. Now in its Twenty-Sixth Year. Always improving. Each year better than the year before. It retains all of its best features and is constantly adding new ones. The subscription price of LIFE. is Five dollars a year, for which amount it will be sent weekly to any address in the United States, Mexico or the American Possessions. To Canada, $5.52. To any point in the Postal Union, $6.04. With each Yearly subscription received before April Ist, 1909, LIFE will sead, post free, a copy of Mr. Charles Dana Gibson's charming and decorative drawing Collier’s The National Weekly ti “Absent Friends” LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 3lst Street, New York comicbooks.com