Life Magazine – October 1, 1908 (# 1353) – Neat Car ads

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Cover : Life’s cherub sitting on the rings of Saturn playing his mandolin, art by William Balfour-Ker.

– Full page color ads for Pierce Arrow Enclosed Cars (except for the poor driver!, art by Williams), Baker Electric vehicles (showing five different cars), Peerless Motor Cars (Silence Comfort).
– Half page ad for Air-tight steel Tank Company, basically a small tank to store gasoline underground at your own house, your own gas station.
– Another great half page ad for Pabst Extract, Ward off the ailments of old age by reinvigorating the body.
– Full page black and white ads for Lord & Taylor for Onyx Hosiery, Chickering Pianos, Ford Motor Company (Five passenger touring car).
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (September).
– Two page centerspread art by Orson Lowell, “Love is also deaf,” Whole room of people covering their ears due to a bad piano player except for the lovey young couple standing near the piano.
– Photo of Petrolum V. Nasby, Mark Twain and Josh Billings in their earlier years, American Humorists.
– Some current events include : Does anyone read all the speeches printed in the newspapers?; The Renomination of Governor Hughes; Democratic New York State Convention.
– And much more 1908   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!