Life, 1909-12-02 · page 10 of 80
Life — December 2, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** from Life magazine's 1909 winter issue. The left side advertises "Viyella" flannel fabric that "does not shrink," marketed for children's and infants' clothing. Below that is a Steinway piano advertisement emphasizing the brand's three-generation reputation for quality. The right side features a Pinehurst, North Carolina resort advertisement promoting winter activities (golf, hunting, shooting). **The only cartoon** is a small silhouette illustration accompanying the Pinehurst ad, showing a woman at a desk with the caption "So thoughtful of you—just what I wanted!!!" This appears to be gentle domestic humor about gift-giving, not political satire. The page contains no political commentary or caricatures of public figures.
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“VIYELLA” FLANNEL For Winter, 1909 “Viyella” can be obtained at the leading Retail Stores in a large range of designs and color combinations for Separate Dresses, Shirt Waist, Coat and Skirt, Kimonos, etc. Splendidly adapted for Children’s Dresses, Boys’ Suits and Infants’ Wear. “Viyella” comes in Plain Colors! Stripes! | Plaids and Roman effects! AVOID IMITATIONS The name “ Viyella” is stamped on the selvedge for you protection, DOES NO NOT SHRINK PINEHURST NORTH CAROLINA The Center of Winter Out - of - Door Life in the Middle South Free from Climatic Extremes and wholesome in every respect FOUR EXCELLENT HOTELS—The only resort having THREE GOLF COURSES, all in pink of condition, Country Club, 40,000- Acre Private Shooting Preserve. Good Guides and Trained Dogs, Fine Livery of Saddle Horses, Model Dairy, Tennis Courts, Trap Shooting, etc. NO CONSUMPTIVES RECEIVED AT PINEHURST Through Pullman Service from New York to Pinehurst via Seaboard Aur Line Only one night out from New York, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Cinannati Send for illustrated literature and list of Golf, Tennis and Shooting Tournaments. vinehurst General Office: PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA, or Leonard Tufts, Owner, Boston, Mass. manufacture of Pe and Art cases to har- monize with any plan of architecture or decoration, Steinway and Sons are the recognized leaders, as in all other departments of piano making —a distinc- tion they have enjoyed for Sr three generations. Every ART PIANO is a true representation of its respective period —a veritable gem of beauty and perfection. A visit to the Steinway Studios will reveal that, in these masterpieces of pianocraft, music and decorative art aresodeftly blended that they at once command the admiration as.d praise of architect, artist and connoisseur, 5 Sweinway Parlor Grand Piano in the period of Lauis XV, mahogany with ormolu mounts. STEINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall, 107-109 East 14th Street, New York Subway Express Station at the Door) “$0 THOUGHTFUL OF You—JjUST WHAT 1 WANTED!!! "* comicbooks.com