Life, 1887-12-22 · page 16 of 18
Life — December 22, 1887 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a political cartoon or satire. It's a promotional spread for Life's Christmas Number issue, featuring a small sketch of a running figure at the top left (likely representing the magazine's mascot or a generic holiday image). The page's central claim—"A THOUSAND DOLLARS GIVEN WITH EACH COPY"—is a promotional gimmick asserting that the illustrations alone justify this value. This appeals to readers by suggesting exceptional artistic quality. The bulk of the page consists of department store and product advertisements typical of late 19th-century American publications: luxury goods (seal-skin cloaks, fur-trimmed garments), carpets, jewelry, watches, and various patent medicines and beauty products. The advertisements reflect the affluent readership Life targeted and the consumer culture of the Gilded Age. There is **no discernible political or social satire** on this particular page—it's straightforward commercial advertising designed to fund the magazine.
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Christmas Number of LIFE URRY And get one. A THOUSAND DOLLARS ~ GIVEN WITH EACH COPY. As the Illustrations alone are worth that amount. Aenold, THe Tos JAMES McCREERY & CO. i thechild Call attention to a select stock f Constable & Co. of Seal-skin Sacques, 32, 34 We likes best! and 36 inches deep, $75.00, Pei $85.00, $95.00, $100.00 to | $165.00; Seal-skin Sacques, Cloaks and Wraps. 40 and 42 inches deep, - | 5.00, $105.00, $115.00 to 25.00; Seal-skin Sacques, | NEWMARKETS, JACKETS, SUITS, £4;,48,ud. dh dency esp! is wo | skin Jeoketa $65.00, F. AD. RICHTER & Co. FUR-TRIMMED GARMENTS 00, $85.00 to’ $140.00; er LONDOY ’ Ss ul-skin Dolmans, $80. 90, PRAIGWAV FLAG2, FeshfoneH STREET. f oR: Y cS 890.0 0.00 to $2 0; | — OPERA CLOAKS | Seal-skin Wraps, latest styles, _cHeAimuanress iad AND { . 58 and 6O inches deep, | wo. p ORO ANG HERMITAGE Ss: 200. 00, $225.00, $250.00, BALL DRESSES. | 8300/00’ and $350.00. | :Siiavakaaeearte creer ceed tomours The above goods are correct | KERURtES, hing old less than four years old. tyl 1 f fitth Reliable for medic use. ck con styles 5 , We have takexvery barrel of Rye Whisky styles and perfect fitting made atthe Old Go, Distillery since January 1872 Sole Agents for The Pleasant Valley Wine Co. Broadway & 19th St | Broadway and 11th Street, | ,rullisvot lable rrcige Wines Ligson, and Mew York. New York. H. B. KIRK & CO., 69 FULTON ST., BROADWAY aso 271» ST. AND 9 WARREN STREET. PSTARLISHED 185%. ; Oriental Carpets FUNSS28S2255"= Ty Lapigs lamer RUGS AND PORTIERES, WATCHES and JEWELRY: Big, line. Low Heanafel Flesh Reducer—Ten v Fifteen Pounds e Mout 1 Seatag’'s Prices, 100 pace Wholesale no NO POISON. (foie Malene srw. falls to per 1 every variety, including fine, rare old specimens, for Patalogue FREE! The Domes- Yerm. Nentaperious. Kulste becorstioan A Also modern makes, in all sizes'and | tle Mfg. Co., Wallingford, Conn, “BEAU VCE of Pace ant Ferm secured to every Lety colors for floors. “Buyers and visitors welcomed at all stag our Totlet Requtelten. Cecrcelted to America fr re times. Wostrated Catalogue, No. 5, ready. Minerals, ovieg Sti Biemisbes, Flesh Worms, (Biect-Bende,) Wristion * Rock: Marks, eta, Send 10e. (rtampe or sitver) for JOSEPH WILD & CO., | LARG oy a Backakin and Stone, Relic, Sioux Tastimonials, Creulare te. by Weture Mall Meatioe Near Broadway. 82 & 84 WOKTH ST. L. w. ‘STILWE LL, Deadwood, D. T. \ > Madison Bquare, Philadelphia. Ps. article wanted. Chichester Chem! comicbooks.com