Life, 1910-12-22 · page 43 of 44
Life — December 22, 1910 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a 1904 advertisement for Life Publishing Company's art prints—not political satire. The page offers framed reproductions as Christmas gifts, organized by recipient type: bachelor, doctor, girl, lawyer, lover of animals, and college students. Each print title uses gentle social humor reflecting early 1900s stereotypes. "Reveries of a Bachelor" and "The Young Man with Many Girls" playfully mock romantic entanglements. "Arms and the Man" and "A Rule for Success" offer more aspirational themes. "The Girl with Many Beaus" and "You're the Only Girl I Ever Loved" use ironic titles suggesting romantic complications. The prints were photo-gravures (high-quality photographic reproductions) costing 50 cents to $1, marketed as affordable art for every social type. This reflects the era's commercial expansion of art reproduction and gift-giving culture, targeting middle-class consumers seeking tasteful, ready-made decoration for homes and offices.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
-LIFE- some LIFE PRINT WILL JUST SUIT ZV eERYONE rine THEY MAKE IDEAL FOR THE BACHELOR X-MAS GIFTS FOR THE DOCTOR Copyright 1904 by Li Au You Have to Do is to make your selection, and the picture or pictures will be promptly sent, carriage pre paid, upon receipt of your remittance, FOR THE GIRL THE HURRY CALL. REVERIFS OF A BACHELOR Plate Marked Gi Photo-Gravure, Mounted. 20X15 in. $1.00, pure. Size 15x20. $1.09. FOR THE LAWYER FOR THE YOUNG MAN WITH MANY GIRLS (KNOW HIM?) you uing . ARMS AND THE MAN hich Fac-simile in color, Mounted, 11 x14. $1.00. A RULE FOR SUCCESS “YOU'RE THE ONLY GIRL I EVER LOVED” Have your heart tn your work IPON Bh ise storked Photo-Gravure, Site 1$x 20. $1.00. Photo-Grature, 20 x 1$in. $1.00. FOR THE LOVER OF ANIMALS : Copyright 120 Life Pabloding Company a ; R THE GIRL WITH MANY BEAUS = — a ; ROOMS—AND OTHERS rice to cheer- SHOULD AULD ACQUAINT. Fac-simile in Co ILLUSION Phsto-Grarure, 1314 x 16, 50 cents, LIFE. PUBLISHING COMPANY Fac-simile in Color, Mounted, 14x17 in. 17 West 31s Street, New York, N. Y. THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK