Life, 1909-10-07 · page 39 of 44
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This page mixes editorial humor with period advertising. The main cartoon, "Identifying Herself," satirizes early 20th-century banking bureaucracy. A bank teller requires a woman to produce identification for a check, but she cannot simply prove who she is by name or signature. Instead, she must describe her husband in unflattering detail (tall, reddish hair, mole, gorilla-like appearance, missing tooth, won't keep his coat buttoned) as proof of identity—suggesting women had no independent legal standing and could only be "identified" through male relatives. The page also advertises Dr. Stall's euphemistically titled self-help books about health and sexuality, cruise packages, and an Anheuser-Busch product called "Malt-Nutrine," marketed as a tonic with quasi-medicinal properties for nursing mothers and the weak or melancholic. This reflects common early-1900s patent-medicine advertising before FDA regulations.
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