Life, 1883-12-20 · page 2 of 24
Life — December 20, 1883 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a large advertisement for a pipe organ manufactured by Daniel F. Beatty of Washington, New Jersey, priced at $49.75 (warranted 6 years, regular price $116). Below the organ ad is a small cartoon showing two babies at a beach. One says to the other: "Get some of Mellin's Food, I just live on it." This is a **product endorsement cartoon** advertising Mellin's baby food, using children as testimonial figures. The humor relies on the babies' apparent contentment with the product. The page also includes an advertisement for Perrier-Jouët Champagne (bottom right). This reflects late-19th-century magazine advertising practices, where humor and cartoons were employed to sell consumer goods.
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