Life, 1889-10-10 · page 18 of 18
Life — October 10, 1889 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It represents a typical late-Victorian magazine layout mixing product endorsements with minimal editorial content. Notable advertisements include: - **Caligraph typewriter**: Boasts speed records (179 and 129 words typed in single minutes), competing in the emerging typewriter market. - **Pears' Soap**: A popular British brand using the "Good Morning" greeting to establish brand familiarity. - **Barry's Tricopherous**: A hair-growth product promising to prevent baldness—reflecting period anxieties about personal grooming. - **Burt & Packard shoes**: Emphasizing proper foot shape and comfort, a competitive luxury shoe brand. - **Pianos, champagne, umbrellas, and furniture**: Typical consumer goods for affluent readers. The page captures 1889 consumer culture: typewriter technology was novel, branded personal-care products were proliferating, and advertisements used pseudo-scientific claims and genteel aesthetic appeals to target middle/upper-class readers.
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OCT. 10, 1889. fotbing is more suggestive land delicate than the faint perfame of a flue Sachet Pow- ee GREATEST SPEED ON RECORD ! Sweet here reopnz thy a the Sachet has become a neces- T. W. Osborne wrote 179 words in one single aia. Weed! tnd «amu e Powders on receipt of 25c. 100,000 . SaVOrS! ynctea? «co Have you TUNG 39 Tremont St., Boston, DAILY a oe ee ‘aw Yous PEARS Stories (bock form) and a large paper 3 mo. fof only Soap t i Bay ioc. ADVERTISER & FARM Shore, N. Nudis Verbis. A High-Class Champagne. G. A. McBride wrote 129 words in a single . s s minute, BLINDFOLDED, thus in case proving the falsity of many of the statements - Of our competitors. 5 5 For fall and correct account of above test, address THE AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE CO., is as good as any Wine imported, and is HARTFORD, CONN. sold in these United States by Importer, Mie We dul Streets Cloeinoatl, 0. 5 RAY Wine Merchant, Grocer, and Restaurateur at less profit than any other brand: id ¢s¢, DELBECK Better Value to Consumer. a FACTS. FACTS. RELIABLE SILK UMBRELLAS wo | “CONGRESS.” TRUEWORTH.” A handsome Union silk of aolendid wearing A silk peculiarly adapted for dressy umbrellas, combinig qualities, which has stood the test of years. great strength and beauty, We exclusively control it. These Umbrellas are LOW in Price HICH in Quality and Workmanship. VI N B R UT Sold by leading. dealers thymghout the TIT None prauine withent our Patent Adin “CONGRESS " or * TRUEWOKTH ** or tHe Famous | WRIGHT BROS. & C0., ae neni (rea Year) 1884 VINTAGE. EME ERSON sce? f 5 © RATE {| EURO) Sc see SI OMEN ORNS: Danes ee ors ier Tues & CEILINGS: ~ i) THE HAIR Exquistely perfumed, , rs The Burt & Packard Shoe Nh Removes ali im Conforms to Shape of ene I Foon, purities Can/ from the scalp, prevents . ne fectemped treta trom egret al ate orpiart| baldness and gray hair, Ay) skocece ekuibe.n |e, gi negen wear angitag com and causes the hair to grow Thick, Soft and Sp oul your re ine ats Be ratie Rt Neautiful. Price so cents, All Druggists. 5 eURTe most stylish gentis- BARCLAY & CO., - NEW York.|| Jeet with Decoration C heap 2 SH oe eae coat Furniture S Soe ener tee Gealer send his name £ . PACKARD & FIELD, Curtains hoes . eee.’ , Brockton, Mass. (33 FIFTH AVE. MEW YORK ——— comicbooks.com