Life, 1889-06-06 · page 2 of 20
Life — June 6, 1889 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main cartoon titled "A Boon to Woman: Anglo Saxon Race" (center) appears to be a product advertisement for corset clasps made by the Calumet Fastener Company. The cartoon depicts two women examining the clasp mechanism, with the "OD" brand name visible. The satire, if any, is implicit: the ad presents a trivial fastening device as a major advancement for women, using grandiose language ("Boon," "Anglo Saxon Race") to mock both the product's actual significance and period advertising's inflated claims about women's needs. The remaining content consists of standard product advertisements for bicycles, perfume, mucilage, and lavender salts—representative of early 20th-century magazine commercialism.
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Press of Fleming, Brewster & Alley, New York. AL THEATKE Evenings tuaily at 9, 5 I Matinee, Saturday at 2 * FAQp THE CHARMI SOMEDIENNE, a MISS ROSINA VO! and her 4 (6) Ni COMEDY COMPANY. NGLO » A . | A Se HIS cut was made to represent the , best bicycle on earth. | [t was not designed to be printed this way, but we thought it might catch your eye. We make cycles for all classes of riders. We know how to make them correct in every way, and we make them the best we know how. Send for our little book and learn all about them. OVERMAN WHEEL CO., Makers of Victor Cycles. BOSTON, MASS. The Crown Perfumery Cos| INVIGORATING i JAMES W. RENWICK 39 & 41 Wooster Street NEW YORK, Has in stock and under constructia a large (assortment of séasonable cw. riages, which are offered at very mol. erate prices, This cut represents my Pateated Spring Buckboard Wagon, which fz easy riding surpasses anything ye constructed for rough roads. Made for two and four passengen, —— with or without tops. * CANWNIEERTUMERY co. PERFUME OF 177 NEW BOND ST. LONDON. SOLD EVERY WHERE Woop VIOLETS. eo] im 7" a m 2” = 2 a AIR-TIGHT This exquisite perfume is made from the The New Model “cscs re (i tiles Tn the past the high price of PEARL MUCILAGE. the genuine violet perfume has prevented many Pat'd in U. S., Canada, Gt, Britain, Europe from indulging in this luxury, but the price of Reatcien this article makes it a necessity to those who Convenient. | love the flower. The remembrance of the = cheap imitations of violet water and extracts should not prevent all lovers of violets from trying this delicious perfume. NO RIVAL. RAS For Sale in 8 0z., 4 0%. and small josie where. size bottles. 2 3 Broth A Some! 2 Prorrizrors anp MaNcracturers, BEST MUCILAGE IN THE BEST BOTTLE. JOSEPH BURNETT & CO. ‘TON and CHICAGO. EQUAL. | NO CORK. NO BRUSH. comicbooks.com