Life, 1889-10-31 · page 2 of 18
Life — October 31, 1889 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four separate commercial advertisements from what appears to be a late 19th-century issue of *Life* magazine: 1. **C.G. Gunther's Sons Furs** — fur clothing merchant at Fifth Avenue 2. **New York Security and Trust Co.** — financial services 3. **Brewster & Co.** — high-end carriage and wagon manufacturer 4. **Lowell Carpets** — carpet retailer emphasizing quality and authenticity 5. **Joseph Burnett & Co.** — perfume manufacturer selling "Perfume of Wood Violets" The page features period-appropriate illustrations (a woman in fur, a perfume bottle) typical of Victorian-era advertising. There is **no political cartoon or satirical content** visible here—this is straightforward commercial promotion aimed at affluent consumers of the era.
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LIFE eal skin PURS cost Shoulder capes, pelerines,muffs,etc. in choice designs,at moderate prices. NGiaber 184 FIFTM AVENUE: New York Security and Trust Co. 46 WALL STREET. Capital, $1,000,000. Surplus, $500,000. CHARLES S. FAIRCHILD, President. WM. H. APPLETON, WM. L. STRONG, ast Vice-President. ad Vice-President. JOHN L. LAMSON, Secretary. THIS Company is authorized to act as Executor, Trustee, Administrator, Guardian, Agent and Receiver. Is a legal depository for Court and Trust Funds, Takes the entire charge of real and personal estates, collecting the teats and profits, and attending to all such details as an individual fn like capacity could do. Receives deposits subject. to sight drafts, allowing in- terest on daily balances, and issues certificates of deposit bearing interest. We buy and sell change oo and make cable transfers of mooey to Europe. Australia, and the West In: Letters dies; also make Collections of and issue Commercial and Traveling Credits, ava: Ne i Credit. cys Brown Brothers & Co., Bankers, 59 Wall St LOWELL For nearly half a century, Lowell Carpets have been ac- knowledged by all to be The word “ LOWELL" APPEARS IN OAPITAL LEr- TERS in the back of Lowell, Wil- ton, and Body Bruasols at every repeat of the pat- tera, LOOK CAREFULLY to the trade-marks, and be sure you get the genuine. LOWELL CARPETS. The LOWELL INGRAINS are wound upon a hol: low stick, which the United States Court decided to be a valid trade-mark. The stick ts in two solid pieces,with the name of the LOWELL COMPANY stamped within, BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. THE BEST ‘These goods are invariably full width, and may be had in a large variety of designs, which for technique and coloring are unequalled, rendering them especially appropriate for artistic homes, For Sale by all First-class 1. than at anything else in rhe Wy outfit FARE. Terme FREE. Adinen, [AVES CO, BREWSTER & CO. (OF BROOME STREET) CARRIAGES anp ROAD WAGONS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE. Our productions have maintained their reputation as the STANDARD for styk and quality for a period covering nearly HALF A CENTURY, owing largely to our perfect organization, careful personal attention to smallest details, and the it that we manufacture on the premises all parts entering into the construction gta 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 Gy love the flower. The remembrance of the cheap imitations of violet water and extracts 4 should not prevent all lovers of violets from wooD | trying this delicious perfume. “VIOLETS: turer tl For Sale in 8 ox. £ 0x, and small size bottles. Proprietors axp MaNnuracturers, ae JOSEPH BURNETT *% CO. BOSTON and CHICAGO, comicbooks. com