Life, 1912-12-05 · page 10 of 116
Life — December 5, 1912 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **wine advertisement**, not a cartoon or satirical content. The page is from *Life* magazine but serves as a paid advertisement for E. La Montagne's Sons, a wine merchant. The ad promotes "leading certified brands" suitable as Christmas gifts, listing: - Clarets and Sauternes - Sherries - Burgundies - Madeira wines Specific importers are named (Barton & Guestier of Bordeaux, Sandeman of London/Jerez, etc.). A bottle of Pontet Canet wine is prominently illustrated. The decorative grape vine border emphasizes the wine theme. There is **no satire or political content**—this is straightforward commercial advertising from the Prohibition era or shortly after, marketing premium imported wines as luxury gift items.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Jor Tbe Christmas Remembrance LesvDInG CERTIFIED BRANDS Available from the ‘d principal dealers in all factory. Any consumer §& ‘having cause for dissatis- CLARETS and BARTON & GUESTIER, SAUTERNES Bordeaux SANDEMAN, London and Jerez MAREY & LIGER-BELAIR, PONTET CANET Nuits LEACOCK & CO., Madeira SHERRIES BURGUNDIES MADEIRA WINES WE PUBLISH A PAMPHLET DESCRIPTIVE OF “VINTAGE” CLARETS, PRICES, AND A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF OTHER LINES OF INTEREST WITHOUT CHARGE UPON APPLICATION. THIS IS OF ESPECIAL comicbooks¥¢om