Life, 1887-06-02 · page 16 of 18
Life — June 2, 1887 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than editorial content or satire. It features multiple product advertisements targeting late 19th-century consumers. The dominant image, "The Temple of Beauty," advertises **Pears' Soap** by featuring classical female figures and listing endorsements from famous actresses of the era (Adelina Patti, Lillie Langtry, Marie Roze, Mary Anderson). This appeals to aspirational consumerism—associating the product with beauty, refinement, and celebrity status. Other advertisements include Decker Brothers pianos, Delbeck champagne, Barry's Tricopherous hair product, Kunkel's champagne, and merchant tailoring services. The page reflects Gilded Age consumer culture, where quality goods and luxury items signaled social status. The "satire" in *Life* magazine typically appeared in editorial cartoons elsewhere in issues; this particular page focuses on selling products rather than political or social commentary.
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| DECK a AR ~ t MATCHLESS 33 Union Square, N. Y. DELBECK-+- EXTRA DRY and é +] s g ag e 5 4 z i 3 i 3 We offer the DELBECK CHAMPAGNES with a full conviction that there are no better wines imported. WE EXCEPT NONE. E. LAMONTAGNE & SONS, 53, 55 and 57 Beaver Street. | Amateur Outfits. ema. Weaver Or and Plan ren factory, York, Pa. A UNIQUE VOLUME. a “THE JOURNALIST” SOUVENIR. TH cH T eH iN TP] cH oO ey B E: A J 2G Y Beautifully printed, handsomely illustrated, wide margins, | . perhment cover ‘EDITION DE LUXE.’ Miss Fortescue, Small quarto, Two hundred and thirty pages. | Stor Mad. Marie Roze, Poems and Sketches, by the best writers on the American Mad. Adelina Patti. Miss Mary Anderson, ie ‘J pee Free to Subscribers. Mrs. Langtry. me Wow Subscribers; Pilly Cente: ALL the above Beautiful Women have honored Messrs. PEARS with their written testimony to the THE JOURNALIST,” excellence of PEARS’ SOAP. AREAN thy None gen we x.| FOR IMPROVING THE HANDS AND COMPLEXION. ESTABLISHED 1801. | " 4 af Cavanagh, Sandford & Co, a E OM rricopherous te. - \ Ge Merchant Tailors roe Pict | and Importers, THE HAIR. . Rooseveut’ y Howiann « ‘ 16 West 23d STREET, The Oldest and the Best. Em Se eTDEMER seh Opposite Fifth Ave. Hotel, NEW YORK Fastens the hair where it has a tendency to fall out, renews its growth where the fibres have dis- | ff Ad MAKERS OF appeared, preserves its color in spite of age, sickness Z and sorrow, and makes it (however harsh) as flex- THE © & § SHIRT ible and glossy as silk. Z £20 Zi PAJAMAS AND UnpERwEst comicbooks.com