Life, 1909-06-03 · page 3 of 56
Life — June 3, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **not a cartoon or satire**—it's a travel advertisement for the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (P.L.M.) Railway Company of France, published in *Life* magazine. The advertisement promotes three tourist packages: trips through the Center of France, Savoie & Dauphiné, Italy, Switzerland, and Africa. Each package lists destinations, duration, and cost. The page includes a detailed railway map of France and Switzerland, two architectural photographs (Valmajour tower and Le Puy rock formation), and a scenic image of Fontainebleau Castle. The P.L.M. was a major European rail operator marketing leisure travel to American readers. This represents early 20th-century tourism promotion rather than political commentary.
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Paris- Lyon- Méditerranée Railway Company of France Fa Valmajour (near Asjes) Center of France: Avignon — Orange — Lyon — Macon — Beaune — Dijon — Sens — Fontainebleau — Paris. Savoie & Dauphiné: Trips A M. & 31 $24.50 Validity 30 days Paris — Fontainebleau — n — Beaune Macon — Bourg —Aix-les-Bains — Annecy — Chambery — Tencisn — Grenoble — Monastery of the Grande-Char- treuse — Aiguebelette — Lyons — Paray-le-Monial — Nevers — Paris. The “P.L.M.” Italy : Trips 81 & A-q $54.85 Validity 60 days Castle of Fontainebleau (seen from the lake) Le Puy (near Briowde) Switzerland: Trip 52 Valuable for 45 days: Mee gene Paris — Dijon — Pontarlier — Neuchatel — Berne — Thun — Interlaken — Fribourg — Lausanne — Lake of Geneva — Geneva — — Sens — Fontainebleau — Paris. Africa: Trip 66 $76.60 Validity 90 days Paris — Fontainebleau — Sens — Dijon — Beaune — Macon — Lyon — Orange — Avignon — Tarascon — Marseille — Tunis — Bone — Philippeville — Cons tine — Biskra— Algier — Marseille — Nimes — Clermont Vichy — Nevers — Paris, comicbooks.com