Life, 1910-02-03 · page 2 of 44
Life — February 3, 1910 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not editorial content or satire. The page contains three distinct ads: 1. **Thomas Cort boots** (top left): A straightforward product advertisement emphasizing handcrafted quality and durability for $8-15. 2. **White Rose Glycerine Soap** (top right): A beauty product ad featuring an illustrated woman's face surrounded by roses, promising healthy skin. 3. **Usher's Whisky** (bottom left): A product ad with decorative imagery and the slogan "A Whisky That Will Agree With You." 4. **Old Hampshire Bond paper** (bottom right): Stationery advertising that claims using their letterhead puts you "in the right company" and associates the brand with "Genuineness and Sincerity." There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page—it's a standard magazine advertising section typical of early 20th-century Life magazine.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Entered at the Pott Office at New York. N. ¥, Class Mail Mater Sey «oes, ” toor FINE ‘There is a standard of fineness in shoes just as there is in silver and gold. THOMAS CORT INC put into the making of boots for men and women all the care and quality which would entitle them to the use of the sterling mark. These boots are of custom quality and correctness in every particular— made by custom workmen-—over lasts evolved by life-long experience in the making of shoes to individual measure. ‘No other shoes like them or similar to them are offered ready for wear. They fetch from 8 to 15 dollars at retail. Let us tell you where they may be had. THOMAS CORT, inc. NEWARK, N. J. CORT SHOKS MAY RE MAD IN ARIS PROM J.B, LOUIS BOULADOU, 39 RUE DE CMAILLOT HERE are certain Great Names in the manufacturing world that stand for Genuineness and for Sincerity. The best people, socially and financially, use the goods on which these names are stamped. Oldie for your letterhead, puts you in the right company. OLD HAMPSHIRE ROD y d Hampshire Paper Company ‘The only paper makers in the world making bond paper exclusively South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts “ALITTLE BETTER THAN SEEMS NECESSARY" —"LOOK FOR THE WATER MAE comicbooks.com