Life, 1889-07-04 · page 18 of 20
Life — July 4, 1889 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, circa 1880s, containing no political cartoons or satirical commentary. Instead, it features period product advertisements typical of the era. The ads showcase late-19th-century consumer goods and services: typewriters (Caligraph), champagne (Delbeck), carriages (Renwick's spring wagons), fine lawn tennis equipment (Wright & Ditson), steamship passage (Hamburg-American Line), decorative china (Haviland), meat extract (Liebig's—a precursor to modern bouillon), hair tonic (Barry's Tricopherous), and cigarettes (Kimball's). The "Greatest Speed on Record" claim for the typewriter reflects the era's fascination with mechanical innovation and productivity. Liebig's meat extract represents 19th-century nutritional science marketed as a health tonic. This page reflects consumer culture of the Gilded Age, targeting affluent readers with imported luxuries, new technologies, and genteel pursuits.
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CALIGRAPH GREATEST SPEED ON RECORD ! T. W. Osborne wrote 179 words In one single minute, on the CALIGRAPH, the Champion Machine of the World. 400,000 DAILY USERS G. A. McBride wrote 129 words in a single minute, BLINDFOLDED, thas In each case proving the falsity of many of the statements of our competitors. For full and correct account of above test, address THE AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE CO., HARTFORD, CONN, BRANCH OFFICE: 4 W. 4th Street, Street, Philadelphia. DELBECK a 237 Broadway, N. Y.; elnnatl, O.; 1003 Arch —) wy) Ke AND VIN BRUT JAMES W. RENWICK 39 & 41 Wooster Street NEW YORK, Has in stock and under construction a large assortment of seasonable car- riages, which are offered at very mod- erate prices, This cut represents my Patented Spring Buckboard Wagon, which for easy riding surpasses anything yet constructed for rough roads. Made for two and four passengers, with or without tops. 300 Varieties of Decorations IN STOCK. New Designs received each Complete Sets or in Courses. Special Designs made for FRENCH CENTENNIAL NOW ON EXMIBITION. laspection or Correspondence Invited OF THE FAMOUS 1884 VINTAGE. WRIGHT & DITSON Fine Lawn Tennis OUR SPECIALTIES: “Champlonahip Hall," adopted by the U.S. Na- tional Intercollegiate and ma Associations for 1889, Petite” (just arking Tapes, Colum- Taylor's Patent Poles, P 580 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Send for complete catalogue. HAMBURC-AMERICAN PACKET CO. EXPRESS SERVICE between New York, Southampton and Hamburg by the new twin-screw steamers of 10,000 tons and 12,300 horse-power. Fast Time to London and the Con- Hinent.” Steamers unescelled for safety, tpeed and comfort. REGULAR SERVICE: Every Thursday {rom New York to Piymoath (London), Cherbourg (Tans) and Ham- burg. Through tickets to London and Paris, Excellent fare. Rates extremely low. Apply to the. General Office, No. 37] _ Gawnmat Passace Orrice, Broadway, New York.|C, 8, RICHARD & CO., R. J. Cortis, Manager. 61 BROADWAY New Yor. FRANK HAVILAND, t4 Barclay Street, N.Y. City. Salad Set No.1864. N.B.—Purchasers from a distance can obtain samples by remitting a deposit of thelr value. SARBU SHe, er or ° : LIEBIC COMPANY'S Ticopherous EXTRACT OF MEAT Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavoring Stock for Soups, je Dishes, and Sauces. As Beef Tea ‘tan invaluable ind an agreeable stimulant.” Annua! sale, 8,000,000 The Oldest and the Best. The efficacy of this justly elebrated preparation in vigorating, beautif,ing, and impartin, los and silken , is so widely known ard acknowledged, by its merits a repy‘ation which is not Ug softness to the hi that it has gain fora day, but Ya BARC Genuine only with fac-simile of) Justus vom gnature in blue across ln-.el, a8 above Sold by Storekeepers, Grocers and Druj LIEBIOS EXTRACT OF MEAT COs Lv, Londos. KIMBALL’'S STRAIGHT CUT CIGARETTES. Unsurpassed in quality. Used by people of refined taste. HIGHEST AWARD AT BRUSSELS, 1888. Smoking Mixtures afactare, WM. 8. KIMBALL & 5, Roches’ flury 4. 1880