Life, 1887-09-08 · page 16 of 16
Life — September 8, 1887 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It features commercial advertisements from the 1880s for consumer goods and services: pianos, spring water, music boxes, soap, champagne, whiskey, printing ink, and publication binders. The **only illustration with potential satirical content** is the Pears' Soap advertisement, which shows a woman bathing a child—a domestic scene marketing soap "for Children" as beneficial for complexion and skin. This reflects Victorian-era advertising conventions rather than political satire. The text emphasizes product quality claims typical of the period: "purest natural water," "healthful," and medical endorsements. The whiskey ad specifically notes its reliability "for medical use," reflecting late-19th-century attitudes toward alcohol as medicinal. This represents **Life magazine functioning as a commercial vehicle** rather than showcasing satirical cartoons or political commentary, which the magazine was otherwise known for.
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~LIFE .- (Serr. & 1887. DECKER MATCHLESS PIANOS 33 Union Square, N. Y. NDERWOD SPRING WK PUREST NATURAL WATER Healthful, Cooling and Refreshing. Preventive of Bright's Disease. For Sale by all Druggists and Crocers. SEND FOR CIKCULARKS. THE UNDERWOOD CO. GENERAL OFFICE, 18 VESEY ST., NEW YORK. Paillard’s music BOXES ARE THE BEST. They play selections from all the Standard and Light Operas and pie most Popular Music of t The best for the Complexion. . . “A balm for the Skin.” The most economical; it wears to thinness of a wafer. DELBECK-++ ays s l stamp for Descriptive Price List to M. J. PAILLARD & C0., 680 Broadway, New York City. GEO. MATHER’S SONS RINTING INK 60 JOHN STREET, N. Y. (Factory at STE. CROIX, SWITZERLAND.) Common Sense BINDER FOR BINDING -LIFE- Cheap, Strong and Durable, Will hold 2% numbers, Matled to any part Of the United States for $1. Address office of » LIFE - 28 W. a0 Sr..N.¥ HEADQUARTERS FOR STRAIGHT WHISKIES, “OLD CROW" AND HERMITAGE, SOUR MASH. Sold absolutely pure, unsweetened, uncolored. Various ages. None sold less than four years old. Reliable for medical use. ‘We have takea every barrel of Rye Whisky made at the Old Crow Distillery since January, 1872. Sole Agents for The Pleasant Valley Wine Co. Fall lines of reliable Foreiga Wines, Liquors and Segars. H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 FULTON 8T., BROADWAY aso 271m ST. AND 9 WARREN STREET. ESTABLISHED 1853. THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH OUR SPECIAL + LIFE + INK, “ya EE ‘BRUT mar enaus-BtaT MACECHALE -EXTRA DEY Roosetivert y Howtaso « posit | 55-457 BEAVER St NY. EXTRA DRY and soreumhioam e1quincors Procurable Everywhere. 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. comicbooks.com