Life, 1910-05-26 · page 10 of 44
Life — May 26, 1910 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial content or satire. It contains three commercial advertisements: 1. **The Slater Shoe** (left): Promotes footwear for men, women, and children, emphasizing quality and style. Prices range from $5.50 to nine dollars. J. & J. Slater operated as "New York's most fashionable bootmakers" on Broadway at 25th Street. 2. **Cluett Shirts** (top right): Advertises summer shirts with exclusive color effects and attached cuffs in a "Coat style." 3. **Brooks Brothers Clothing** (bottom right): Announces gentlemen's furnishings including tropical-weight woolens and silk fabrics for summer wear, available ready-made or custom. The page contains no political cartoons or satirical commentary—it's a fashion and lifestyle advertising section typical of early-20th-century *Life* magazine.
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HIGH re- gard for the true ethics of quality mer- chandising has Aimade Slater’s Boots and Shoes for men, women and children the standard for value and style—there is a smart Slater product for every occasion— Walking—Dress—Outing —Hunting— Tennis— Golfing—Dancing. ELL dressed men and women prob- ably pay more at- tention to their footwear than to any other one ar- ticle of dress, On the cor- rectness of the shoe pri- marily depends the smart- ness of their appearance. HE known superiority of theSlater Shoe docs not signify extravagant prices—Style 47, eight dollars; Style 46, seven-fifty to nine dollars; Style 38, from five-fifty up. MAIL ORDER SERVICE A record in detail is kept here of every pair of shoes sold, the style, size, elc., with name and address of purchaser and date of purchase, so no matter where you live, ordering Slater Shoes by mail is made simple and sure. You can have the latest New York style as easily as if buying in your home city. Visitors to New York, becoming customers, created this Mail Order Service, which is now an’ important department of the business. Write for catalogue and book of instructions with measurement blank. J. & J. Slater For 50 years New York’s most fashionable bootmakers, Broadway, at 25th St., NEW YORK Etett’ SHIRTS for summer wear afford a most generous and attractive selection of exclusive effects in colors as well as in black on white grou’ | The shirts have attached cuffs, and are made up in the popular Coat style, which is pre-eminently the favorite for summer. | $1.50 and more Send for Booklet, "* Proper Dress.” Cluett, Peabody & Company, Troy, N.Y | Ja Canada, €2.25 up. ‘Tussah Silk, Shantungs, Linens, | Crashes and Tropical Weight Woolen Suits for Summer Wear, Ready-Made and to Measure. Illustrated catalogue sent on request. BROADWAY, Cor. TWENTY-SECOND ST., NEW YORK | Newport Branch, 262 Bellevue + venue, after June 10th. comicbooks.com