Life, 1889-10-24 · page 2 of 18
Life — October 24, 1889 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Content Analysis This page is **primarily advertisements** with no political cartoons or satirical content visible. The ads include: - **C.G. Gunther's Sons Furs** (top): Seal skin jackets and capes at Fifth Avenue - **Bent's Water Wafers**: A food product sold by grocers - **Crosse & Blackwell's Jam**: English preserves marketed nationwide - **Premiere Qualité Cigarette** by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.: Claims purity and throat comfort - **Brewster & Co.**: High-end carriages and wagons on Broadway - **Joseph Burnett & Co.**: Perfume of Wood Violets from Boston and Chicago The single illustrated element is a **portrait of a fashionable woman** (top left), likely advertising Gunther's furs as a luxury item for wealthy consumers. This reflects late 19th/early 20th-century *Life* magazine's mixture of satirical editorial content with upscale advertising.
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OxXDort @ Seal skin jackets, wraps nacloaks, Shoulder capes, pelerines,muffs,ete. in choice designs,at moderate prices. ‘Number 184 FIFTH AVENUE: GROCERS, Crosse & Blackwell’s FRESH FRUIT JAMS, Made from Rnglish Fresh Fruits AND REFINED SUCAR. ARE SOLD BY ALL GROCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, OUR CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT. 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 to prevent you from giving this incomparable cigarette atrial, “It is simply perfection, and a luxury, and not a low priced article. Our Vanity Fair and other Smoking Mixtures are the finest for the pipe. WM. S. KIMBALL & CO. 15 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. BREWSTER & CoO. (OF BROOME STREET) CARRIAGES anno ROAD WAGONS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE. Our productions have maintained their reputation as the STANDARD for style and quality for a period covering nearly HALF A CENTURY, owing largely to 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 a 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 WOOD 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 Gri love the flower. The remembrance of the SMa] cheap imitations of violet water and extracts #1 should not prevent all lovers of violets from trying this deli perfume. For Sale in 8 oz., £ oz. and small size bottles. Proprietors axp Maxvracturens, JOSEPH BURNETT & CO.