Life, 1908-12-24 · page 2 of 20
Life — December 24, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising rather than satirical content**. It contains four commercial advertisements: 1. **Pall Mall Cigarettes** — promoting availability on Trans-Atlantic steamships 2. **Usher's Whisky** — a Scottish whisky brand advertisement 3. **Life Publishing Company** — promoting an illustrated art print catalog ("Their Hopes," priced at $2.00) 4. **Brooks Brothers** — Christmas gift suggestions for clothing and accessories There are no political cartoons or satirical commentary visible. The small illustrations accompanying the Life Publishing and Brooks Brothers ads are decorative rather than editorial. This appears to be a standard advertising page from an early 20th-century magazine, typical of how publications subsidized content through paid advertisements.
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Pattwhed every Thursday Annual So re Dollars. jhe Coptes. Copper in fa England andthe Brith Posessions Eatered at the Post Ofice ot New York, N.Y. Bs Copyright. 1908 by LIP® PUBLISHING Coxrasy, PALL MALL FAMOUS CIGARETTES Can always be obtained on board all the first-class steamships of the Trans- Atlantic Lines, including the following: Mauretania Philadelphia New York Baltic Adriatic Majestic Lusitania Lucania Amerika Deutschland Rotterdam Campania @ The Pall Mall Famous Cigarettes sold on board steamships, having been specially packed in hermetically sealed tin cartons, reach the con- sumer in the same state of excellence as on land. “A Shilling in London A Quarter Here Either on Board’’ Copyright 1008 by Life Pad Ca, THEIR HOPES India Print, 22 by 18 sm. $2.00 Have cheerful things about you. On receipt of twenty- five cents, we will send you the richly illustrated cata- logue of Lire’s PRINts con- taining 160 reproductions of these most artistic and pleas- ure-giving pictures. LIFE PUBLISHING CO. Always a 17 West 31st Street, Welcome New York Gift A WHISKY THAT WILL eek WITH YO Stususnco 8% hs Biber, | CS LOTHINGS Gentlemens Furnishing CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Automobile Trunks, Luncheon Baskets; Fur Garments, Steamer Rugs; Dressin Gowns, Breakfast Jackets; mbrellas an Walking Sticks; Fitted Bags and Dressing Cases; Angora and Shetland Garments; Many Novelties from the West End, London, Shops. Illustrated Christmas Catalogue on Request.