Life, 1889-10-10 · page 2 of 18
Life — October 10, 1889 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising content**, not editorial cartoons or satire. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from the 1880s: - C.C. Gunther's Sons fur business - Brewster & Co. carriages and wagons - Sheppard, Knapp & Co. carpets - Premiere Qualité cigarettes - Joseph Burnett & Co. perfume - Mail chutes/postal equipment The only potentially noteworthy item is a New York Jockey Club racing announcement at top left, but this appears informational rather than satirical. **There are no political cartoons or social satire visible on this page.** The Joseph Burnett perfume advertisement includes a product illustration (the bottle), but this is straightforward marketing copy about violet-scented perfume availability, not commentary or humor.
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Press ef Meminz Cc. G. GUNTHER’S SONS SEAL SKIN SHOULDER IN CHOICE FURS JACKETS, WRAPS AND CLOAKS, CAPES, PELERINES, MUFFS, ETC., DESIGNS AT MODERATE PRICES. No. 184 FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK JOCKEY CLUB. Race Course, - Westchester, N. Y. FALL 1889. October 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15. Via Second and Third Avenue blevated Roads to Harlem River thence via Harlem River Branch of N. ., HL & H.R. R. FIELD FREE. &§R= GMAMMES at the First-Class Restaurant . Table de Horé dinner from 12, each da First Race at rain or ab LEONARD W. JEROME, Pres. T. H. KOCK, Sec. IN_AN OFFICE BUILDING OR HOTEL AS MUCH A NECESSI- TY AS AN ELEVATOR, WHY AL- LOW YOUR MAIL TO BE HANOLED BY IRRESPONSIBLE MESSENGERS WHEN THE U. 8. BONDED CARRIERS WILL DO IT REGULARLY AND FREE? Now IN ALL FIRST-CLASS BUILDINGS. aponcsa ' Aa et CARPETS. FALL STYLES. Finest Assortment Kver Exhibited. We mention as our specialty, ROYAL WIL- TON, the best wearing carpet made. UPHOLSTERY GOODS, Furniture Covering» and Draperies CHENILLE AS D TURCOMAN CURTAINS. LACE CURT. INDOW SHADES, Ete. Alo FURNITUNE In muites and odd pleces. our own design and upholstering, AT LOWEST PRICES, SHEPPARD, KNAPP & CO., Rixth Ave., 18th and 14th Streets, New Vork PREMIERE _ QUALITE CIGARETTE A superb article; the standard of purity and ex cellence. The faultless union of two matchless tobaccos pre vents that dryness of the throat usually produced by smoking other brands, Do not allow prejudice te prevent you from giving this incomparable cigarett: Atrial. It is simply perfection, and a luxury, anc not a low priced article. Our Vanity Fair and other Smoking Mixtures are the finest for the pipe. WM. 8. KIMBALL & CO. 15 YIKST PRIZE MEDALS, BREWSTER & CO. (OF BROOME STREET) CARRIAGES ann ROAD WAGONS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE. Our productions have maintained their reputation as the STANDARD for style 1] and quality for a period covering nearly HALF A CENTURY, owing largely te our perfect organization, careful personal attention to smallest details, and the fact that we manufacture on the premises all parts entering into the construction of 2 | vehicle. ONLY PLACE OF BUSINESS, BROADWAY, 47th TO 48th STREET, N. Y. Correspondence solicited. Estimates and drawings furnished for every variety of pleasure carriage for Town and Country use. PERFUME OF WOooD VIOLETS. This exquisite perfume is made from the} true violets. In the past the high price of the genuine violet perfume has prevented many | from indulging in this luxury, but the price of | this article makes it a necessity to those who Icve the flower. The remembrance of the, ly] cheap imitations of violet water and extracts | should not prevent all lovers of violets from| wooD trying this delicious perfume. “VIOLETS: 4 : — mee For Sale in 8 oz., 4 0z, and small size botties. Proprietors axp MaNuvactuRErs, ee" JOSEPH BURNETT & co. BOSTON and CHICAGO. comicbooks.com