Judge, 1888 · page 78 of 87
Judge — 1888 — page 78: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains no political cartoons or satire. It's entirely advertising copy from Judge magazine, page 72. Three companies place ads: The Loring & Blake Organ Company (Worcester, Mass.) advertises high-end pipe organs ranging $40–$1500, claiming over 100 first premiums and endorsements from famous musicians like Ole Bull. Wilson Brothers (New York) advertises adjustable chairs—easy chairs, wheelchairs, and medical chairs—claiming 18 medals over 17 years. The same company also imports brass and iron bedsteads and mattresses. All three ads emphasize prestige through awards and celebrity endorsement, typical of late 19th-century luxury goods marketing. The ornate organ illustration and chair images are product showcases, not editorial content.
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72 THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Over one hundred styles, embracing every known style and combination from a single reed, four octave organ, up to one with twenty-five sets of reeds, thirty-four stops, and three manuals. STRICTLY HIGH GRADE ORGANS ONLY. Organs made to order in any desired wood, or combination of woods, to match decorations of music rooms, Lodges, Chapels, etc. PRIGES RANGE FROM $40 TO $1500. Awarded over one hundred first Premiums, including fifteen first-prize Gold Medals within three years. Endorsed and used by the greatest artists of the world. | Send for testimonials of Taglipietra, Kellogg, Cary, Remenyi, | Litta, Pease, Ole Bull, and others, Illustrated Catalogues, prices and full information free by mail. In writing for catalogue ask for Catalogue “A.” Address, THE LORING & BLAKE ORGAN CO, WORCESTER, MASS. AN UNEQUALLED CHRISTMAS PRESENT. EASY CHAIRS, INVALID PROPELLING WHEEL CHAIRS, PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS AND GYNECOLOGICAL CHAIRS. Have Gained for Merit a World-wide and Hin- viable Reputation. Our Chairs have an unexcelled record for 17 years, and have received 18 Gold and Silver Medals at Exhibitions in both Hemispheres.—lIllustrated Circulars and Price Lists free. WILSON BROTHERS, 727 BROADWAY, Cor. Waverley Place, NEW YORK. Importers and Jobbers of Brass and Iron Bedsteads. FINE HAIR MATTRESSES A SPECIALTY. comicbooks.com