Life, 1890-04-17 · page 2 of 18
Life — April 17, 1890 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial or satirical content. The layout contains numerous commercial advertisements from the late 19th/early 20th century, including: - Financial services (New York Security & Trust Co.) - Theater promotion (Daly's Theatre featuring "Rosina Vokes") - Carriages and vehicles (Brewster & Co., Columbia bicycles) - Textiles and clothing (Noyes Bros. blanket wraps and shirtings) - Home goods (Lowell carpets, Burnett's perfume) There is a small **illustration** on the left showing figures in period dress examining fabrics or textiles, likely promoting Noyes Bros.' products, but it's commercial art rather than political satire. The page demonstrates Life magazine's business model: satirical editorial content subsidized by paid advertisements from established manufacturers and retailers.
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New York Security & Trust Co, 46 WALL STREET. Capital, $1,000,000 Surplus, $2 CHARLES S, FAIRCHILD, Pi WM. MH. APPLETON, ist V WM. L. STI JOHN L, LAMSON, Secre PRICES, $4.50 TO $7.50 PER CASE, ACCORDING TO AGE. DISCOUNTS TO THE TRADE, H. B. KIRK & CO., Sole Agents for the cities of New York and Brooklyn, 69 FULTON sT., o W BROADWAY AND Established 1853 = LI DALY’s THEATRE. Monday, April 14. _ROSINA VOKES, ORRIS and her The Largest Makers of Fine Lawn Tennis Goods in the World. ft FTE FaMOOD ‘MFG: Ga S WAINSCOTINGS & CEILNCS = ~ ys CARPET! RDERS. ror RUGS; Be eT ING Pon ana eiet FE: driving. fection of finish. BROADWAY, 47th T0 TOWN AND COUNTRY CARRIACES, Every variety popular and useful for seaside and inland resorts and for Park Unequaled for beauty of form and per. All parts entering into details’ of con. Istruction manufactured on the premises. BREWSTER & CO., (OF BROOME STREET), 48th ST, NEW YORK. SHIRTINGS. |, From these goods we carry in stock or [O; FRENCH sHIRTINGS make to special order Por Traveling Shirts 1, FRENCH FLANNELS SCOTCH MADRAS | ~ ENCLISH CHEVIOTS|“¢ BLANKET WRAPS. For Steamer Wear, Fer the Bath, For the } Nursetes For the Sick-Room, For Sleeping Cars, For Traveling, For Men, Women, Children, and for Baby. $2. 75 t £9, $35. 00. NOYES BROS. AND PURE SILK SHIRTINGS AT NOYE Tennis and Yachting Suits, Blazers, Shirts, Trousers, Caps, Belts, Sashes and Cummer- bunds, Tn stock or made to order from Plannels, Oxfords, Cheviots, Madras and Pure Silk Shirtings, —ar— NOYES BROS. Washington & Sumner Streets, BosTow, MASS. U8. A. | “COLUMBIAS” HIGHEST cea oe ONLY. =k POPE MFO. CO. 20 "srt ‘TFraaklinSt, BOSTON, 291 Wabash Ave. CHICAGC CREME DE MENTHE ANISETTE CURACOA MARASQUIN VERMOUTH, COCNAG, etc. We buy and sell bills of Letters rstance ‘on and "make cable transfers of money to CARPETS MANUFACTURED BY THE LOWELL CO. For perfection of quality, durability nd artistic excellence oods are unrivalled in tings. ¢ varlety of new patterns he best artists, and made arly Inspection Prices Reasonable. JOHN:H. PRAY, SONS & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 558 & 560 Washington Street, 30 to 34 Harrison Ave. Extension, BOSTON. New York Office, for Wholesale Only, 113 WORTH STREET. CHEAP, Will Traveling of Credit. OG Shee ie oh rts of the world. Brown Bros. & Co., Hankers,59 Wall St. OFFICE OF BURNETT’S WOoD VIOLET. This exquisite perfume made from the true violets an¢ the low price of this artide makes it a necessity to thot who love the flower. Also Perfume of Garden Hellotrope. Perfume of Southern Jasmiae, Perfume of English Sweet-Brs “| For Sale at Retail at the following Prices: Small Size, Gold Plated Sprinkler Top. 3s Four-Ounce Bottle, Glass Stopper, 8 Eight * Sixteen * For sale generally in New York City, Chicago. , ovis, Boston, and all Lace cries 4x0 . by dealers in fine perfumery, If yer ro druggist does not keep it, send 12 cents sx we will send a good-sized sample of any of the above perfumes by mail, securely packed. paid, to any address, JOSEPH BURNETT & CO, “LIFE” “LIFE,” 27 CENTRAL STREET, BOSTON. BINDER. STRONG AND DURABLE. hold 26 Numbers, Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00, postage free. Address, 28 W. 23d Street, New York. comicbooks.com