Life, 1885-06-18 · page 14 of 16
Life — June 18, 1885 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon page. It showcases luxury goods and services targeting wealthy Americans of the 1880s. **Key advertisers include:** - **Redfern**: A prestigious ladies' tailor with royal patronage (H.M. the Queen of England, the Empress of Russia, etc.)—indicating elite status - **Wright & Ditson**: Lawn tennis equipment, reflecting the era's fashionable new sport - **H.B. Kirk & Co.**: "Old Crow" whiskey, claiming exclusive distribution since 1872 - **Waukesha Glenn**: "Pure" mineral water marketed as a health product - **Halford Sauce** and other luxury items The decorative royal coats-of-arms at the top emphasize European sophistication and exclusivity. This page demonstrates how *Life* magazine catered to an affluent readership through high-end product placement rather than political satire.
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ry . {U.cupness oF ALSO AT ~=a NEWPORT, 2=— PERFUMER TO FOREIGN COURTS. Inventor and Sole Manufacturer of tho ROYAL THRIDACE AND VELOUTINE SOAPS, THRIDACE PERFUMERY, KADSURA, POMPADOUR, CHAMPAKA, &. R. D. WARBURG & Cie., Represented by G. Bossange, 476 and 478 BROOME ST., New York. Bole Agents for the United States, For sale by the fine trade. Cavanagh, Sanford & Co. iy Merchant Tailors and Importers, 16 West 23d STREET, Opposite Fifth Ave, Hotel, NEW YORK. MAKERS OF THE SHIRT PAJAMAS AND G ces) UNDERWEAR, No one can furnish “OLD CROW” RYE SOUR-MASH WHISKEY unless purchased from us. We have taken every barrel made since Fanuary, 1872. We have also HERMIT- AGE four to seven years old, all sold absolutely pure, uncolored, unsweetened. H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 Fulton St. & Broadway and 27th St. q WARREN STREET. | Jan. to June, 1884, inclusive; Vol. IV., July to s TAILOR & Hapry 210 Fifth Aventicy® 1132 Broadway, ++ Cowes, od MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK. bead lb Wright & Ditson, wy” Fine Lawn <a Use our New Model Racquets, “ THE CB," “Ocracon,” ew Triangle. Also, 01 1885" Undersewn Lawn Tennis Balls, Price, $4.00 per doz., by mail, $4.30. Official Lawn Tennis Rules, by mail, ro cts. 580 WASHINGTON STREET, Boston, Mass. Send for Iustrated Catalogue. HALFORD we 3 SAUCE. 77N THE GREAT RELISH. LIFE FOR 1883 AND 1884. VOLS. I., I, TI. ann IV, Vol. I., Jan. to June, 1883, inclusive Vol. I1., July to December, 1883, inclusive; Vol. III, TENNIS. Send 10 Cts. for Lawn Tennis Guide and Journal of Summer Sports. feetteciech aio, PRA VEaK. LEADING NOS. 048, 14, 130, 135, 333, 16! For Sale by all Stationers, ESTERBEOOK STEEL PEN CO., 26 jon St, Sew Terk CROUCH & FITZGERALD, MAKERS OP THE BEST TRUNKS IN THE WORLD, 1 CORTLANDT ST., cor. B'way. $56 BROADWAY, below Prince St. 723 SIXTH AV: ENUE, below gad St., New York. December, 1884, inclusive ; durably bound, sor sale at the publication office Price, post: free, Vol. I., $15.00; Vol: + $9.00 ; Vols. III. and IV., $5.00 each. T “subscribers re- turning a complete set of one Volume flat, that Voluine will be forwWarded bound for $2. 50. Address OFFICE OF LIFE, 1155 BRoADWAY, NEW YorRK. The Only Pure Waukesha Water 1s THE WAUKESHA GLENN, The Well-Known * Queen of Waters.” REIGNS ALONE AMONG. NATURAL DIETETIC TABLE WATERS. ITS NOMEROUS COMPETITORS PPEAR TO HAVE, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, FALLEN AWA’ The only Spring in Waukesha that Remains at One Toupenrare BOTH SUMMER AND WINTER (i. €., 48 Degrees). Address, T. H. BRYANT, Waukesha, Wis. WAUKESHA IS A MOST DELIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT, ON THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE ST. PAUL RAILWAY. FREE} A WATERBURY, rch is sent with every Retail ‘Case. No advance in Cost Price, $7.00 Remit by Bank Draft, Postal Order, Exbress, or Registered Letter, comicbooks.com