Life, 1914-11-26 · page 6 of 44
Life — November 26, 1914 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** rather than editorial content or satire. The four ads are: 1. **Arrow Notch Collar** — promotes a gentlemen's collar style ("Ardmore") favored by Avenue trade, priced at 25¢ 2. **Speedway Runabout** — advertises a small automobile suited for Florida service 3. **Old Hampshire Bond** — stationery product emphasizing quality ("The Stationery of a Gentleman") 4. **Astor Trust Company** — New York financial institution advertising checking accounts and trust services There is **no political cartoon or satire present**. The illustrated male face in the collar ad and the Speedway vehicle illustration are commercial artwork, not caricatures of public figures. The page reflects early-20th-century luxury consumer marketing targeting affluent gentlemen.
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As lest F tyle rongly | favoured by Avenue trade Essentially a ger tleman’s collar s¢ ARROW Notch COLLAR a for 15+ CLUETT: ESeSPnee CO:INC:MAKERS \ aes Ofdjanpshieeiond The Stationery /a Gentleman You may use only a box a year, but when you really need it, no other paper will suffice. We have a sample packet we would like to mail you. Ask us for it. HAMPSHIRE PAPER COMPANY, South Hadley Falls Mass, i Ideal for Florida Service © You who visit Florida this winter, will not be without of luxuriously safe and convenient water travel if you place fos reservation now for a Speedway Runabout. Graceful, ouaht envoy and as simple to'run as a light car but “Outdoors on the Water’* describes the beat utiliey oh he little aristocrat. Shall we eend it to you?” MV ‘rite Gas Engine and Power Co, and Of fora run ina thoroughbred Your New York financial headquarters If you visit New York oc- casionally or deal with mer- chants here, you will find a checking account with this company a great convenience. Our location, on the Fifth Avenue slope of Murray Hill, is the district around which center New York’s most pro- minent retail business houses, theatres and hotels, and is within a short distance of the two great railway terminals. An account with the Astor Trust Company will afford you an excel- lent means of identification when in town, and enable you to pay New York bills by check, thus saving the trouble and expense of buying bank drafts or money orders. Our Officers will be glad to talk or correspond with you in regard to the convenience of banking by mail. Trustee for Personal Trusts Member New York Clearing House Association FIFTH AVENUE & 36th STREET, NEW YORK