Life, 1889-10-17 · page 18 of 18
Life — October 17, 1889 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **entirely advertising**—there are no cartoons or satirical content to analyze. The ads reflect 1880s consumer products and concerns: piano manufacturers, cocoa and breakfast foods, hair treatments (addressing baldness and gray hair as problems requiring solutions), perfumed sachets, and patent medicines like "Bradycrotine" for headaches and "Fred. Brown's Ginger" for digestive complaints. Of note: the prominence of hair-care ads and the explicit marketing of remedies for baldness suggest these were significant anxieties for the era's gentlemen. The page also advertises alcohol extensively—champagne, wine, whiskey, gin—reflecting the period's open marketing of spirits without modern warning labels or restrictions. The overall effect documents what late-19th-century Americans bought and what merchants thought would sell: luxuries, remedies for aging, and alcohol.
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DECKER BROTHERS’ MATCHLESS PIANOS 33 Union Square, N. Y. DELBECK OF THE FAMOUS 1884. VINTAGE. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. W. BAKER & CO.’S Breaklast Cocoa Is eheelntely re and dt is soluble. No Chemicals ere used fn Its preparation. It has more Wan Cree times the strength of Cocos H} mized with Starch, Arrowroct or Suger, and is therefore far more ecovomi coating less than one conta cup. It Is Gelieious, nourishing, strengthening, Ea- SILY DIGESTED, and admirably edapted rene in health. Sold by Grocers everywhere. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. BARRY'S ANBll Se, (g/ Tricopherous Hts i FOR ! ve 6 THE HAIR “Ah \\ (Y ey,:! Exquisitely perfumed. ge Removes all impurities from the scalp, prevents baldness and gray hair, and causes the hair to grow Thick, Soft and Beautiful. Price 50 cents. All Druggists. BARCLAY & CO., - NEW YORK. UR PLATES ARE MADE BY THE ELECTRO LIGHT ENGRAVING CO 157 & 159 WILLIAM ST. N. ¥. OUR WORK FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT 1S OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ANO 1S DELIVERED WHEN PROMISED PUBLISHERS OF ->T TRE. * LIFE: [Ocr. 17, 1889. ‘The subtie fragrance exhaled and imparted by a fine Sachet Powder 1s always pleasing, and that fgom our prepara- ll G ins is both grateful jand permanent. Na- fs ‘e |ture’s own perfumes always ‘at hand and ‘available. Sample jar A Bottle of Violette or White Have you used: Rose by mail, 25c. T. METCALF & CO. PETE eS PEARS soar: Sold by all Druggists. ET FOUNDED 1836. John Osborn, Son & Co., 45 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. SOLE AGENTS FOR PIPER-HEIDSIECK, Sec. ALSO AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR Scuroper & ScHYLER& Co, . . . «Bordeaux... Clarets and Sauternes «we Rudesheim A/k =>. Rhine and Moselle Nuits... 0). Burgundies a 6 : 2 Cogn’ 8) ff lf Brandies Os oe ew Oporto a Ports Vda é Hijos pe Ss . . Barcelona and Tarragona * « 4 Ports: Forrester & CO... 2 Nees... ee 2 ot Sherries MANUEL GazTELU'é YRIARTE . + PortSt Mary's. 2 02.) 2 Sherries Zara. . . . . Maraschino Schiedam . ‘ ’ Fy . . . . Gin Waite Etx Gt . . . * . . : . F . . . . . . English Gin Gien Rosa, . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . Scotch Whiskey OLIVE OIL, IRISH and SCOTCH WHISKIES, I. 0. JAMAICA and ST. CROIX KUMS. “Omnibus,” Antediluvian,” and ‘*Antemandane" Brands of Pare Rye Whiskies. AY GINGER F CRAMPS ° AND R COLIC. DESIGNS. f EASTERN cron §—»- COachmakery, — cacton UALITY. ICES. a a1as-anS VYAsnimaranS-. PR Headache (GENTLEMEN vm tet Bradycrotine. CORPUS LEAN ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. comicbooks.com