Life, 1887-05-12 · page 16 of 16
Life — May 12, 1887 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant image shows **Pears' Soap's famous "Advertizing" campaign featuring a large rock formation (likely the White Cliffs of Dover or similar geological feature) with the product name prominently displayed. The accompanying text describes Pears' Soap as "the best for the Complexion" and "A Balm for the Skin" — standard Victorian beauty product marketing. This appears to be one of Pears' well-known late-19th-century ads that used dramatic natural landscapes to suggest purity and quality. The surrounding advertisements for champagne, tennis balls, dictionaries, mineral water, and carriages fill out a typical Life magazine page from the 1880s, reflecting consumer products marketed to wealthy Americans of that era. There is **no political cartoon or satire visible** on this page.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
DELBECK+ EXTRA DRY and Procurable Everywhere. We offer the DELBECK CHAMPAGNES with a full conviction that these are no better wines imported. WE EXCEPT NONE. E. LAMONTAGNE & Sons, 5 and 57 Beaver 8 Street. LAWN TENNIS BALL, For Season of 1887, saroymfsoag ofquinooig Official Tenms Rules; by mail, ro cents. Send ete Catalogue. 580 Washington St, Boston, Mass. E ANGLING, “ Book of instructions by + 59 & 61 Fulton Street Street Tifa VIN BRUT Toit BRUT Ee EXTRA DRY Roosevent y Howtann « ; 55457 BEAVER St NY. LR AGENTS TOR EBSTER’S Unabridged. Dictionary. engraving 30 THE Wor tes, an BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, ‘of nearly 10,000 Noted Persons, ALL IN ONE BOOK. ntains 3000 more Words and n Illustrations than any other American Dictionary. G. & C. MERRIAM & CO., Pub’rs, Springficld, Mass, Brewster & ALLEY, 31-33 West TwENTY-THiRD *]BolWIOU0DZ YsOM SOUL = z fo) fo) x an et ° fad =. =) =) o an a ° =h i) < 1} =h ?) :* JAMES W. RENWICK, 39 WOOSTER STREET, AS in Stock a Large Assort- ment of SEASONABLE CARRIAGES, including Novelties in Buck-Boards, Depot Wagons, Shooting Wagons, Carts, etc. Also, a large number of Second-Hand Vehicles by BREWSTER & CO. i (of Broome Street.), comicbooks.com