Life, 1910-04-14 · page 35 of 44
Life — April 14, 1910 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements** rather than editorial cartoons. The main content includes: 1. **Air Tight Steel Tanks advertisement** (left): Promotes industrial storage tanks for gasoline, emphasizing safety compliance with insurance regulations—reflecting early 20th-century concerns about fuel storage as automobiles proliferated. 2. **Cluett Shirts advertisement** (right): Markets the "Croydon" dress shirt with decorative pleating and stripes, targeting middle-class men concerned with proper appearance. 3. **Usher's Whisky advertisement** (bottom right): A New Year's themed ad showing figures in costume around a punch bowl, with the caption "Usher in the New Year well!" 4. **"Mr. Bug" cartoon** (bottom left): A brief joke about a firefly using itself as a birthday candle—a light visual pun unrelated to political content. The page reflects early-1900s consumer culture with no apparent political satire, representing typical Life magazine advertising content of the era.
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T THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAS ENGINE and its attendant increase in the quan- tity’ of gasoline used have necessitated tion of some reliable and thod of storing the fluid. The storage tank used for this purpose must comply with Civic and Underwriters’ Regula- tions. AIR TIGHT STEEL TANKS The Price Is Right deliver the goods. Write for Gasoline Chart AiR TIGHT i. Og“ STEEL prt rsBurct: > O-PENNA 4 = == TANIK AIR TIGHT STEEL TANKS Made from 3-16” special steel combine Strength Rellability Durability Simplicity Economy and Ease of Operation They pay for them- selves through lower in- | surance rates, lower cost of gasoline and gasoline and time saved. USA. CITY AND COUNTRY SHIRTS The “Croydon” The bosom is pleated, showing group stripes, graduated stripes or figured stripes, in color combinations of unusual novelty and r Send for booklet, attractiveness. Proper Dress * Cluett, Peabody & : Andrew Usher O G. S. Nicholas 00, ae “a . ao, Distillers, New York, Edinburgh. Sole Agents. Mr. Bug: LOWS ARE GETTING THESE DAYS. LETTING HIMSELF OUT AS A CAN’ 1T DOES BRAT ALL HOW MERCENARY SOME FEL- NOW, THERE'S OLD FIREFLY EON A BIRTHDAY CAKE. comicbooks.com