Life, 1890-07-03 · page 2 of 16
Life — July 3, 1890 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not political satire or commentary. It contains four distinct advertisements: 1. **Scribner's Magazine** (top left) — promoting July issue with articles on suburban houses, surfing, bird-watching, and citizenship rights. 2. **Gorham Mfg Co.** (top right) — advertising luxury leather travel bags and silver-mounted toilet articles for affluent travelers. 3. **Ferd F. French & Co.** (center) — showcasing various horse-drawn carriages and coaches, including phaetons, broughams, and victorias. 4. **Buckboards** section (bottom) — continuing the carriage advertisement. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture targeting wealthy readers, featuring luxury goods and services typical of *Life* magazine's affluent audience.
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$3.00 A YEAR 25c, ANUMBER SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE FOR JULY, NOW READY. CONTAINS : THE SUBURBAN HOUSE . bh intry"’ series. With e 3. By Beuce Price URF-BATHING . . . om drawings by W.S. Allen and M. J. Burns; engraving By Derrini Osnorsr BIRD CRADL . With illustrations from ¢ . M. J. Whaley, Baker, and J. Cl THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN—1W TO HIS OWN REPUTATION. By E. L. Gooxt. paper in this series. THE HOUSE TEMBINOKA n from 1's photographs. BOOK III, ODE XIII.—TO THE FOUNT BANDUS| THE VALL THE POINT OF VIEW TAKING IT SERIOUSLY THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. MR, ALLEN'S ANXIETY FEATHERS OF LOST BIRDS. Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers, 743° BROADWAY, NEW YORK, GORHAM MFG CO, SILVERSMITHS, Have a large assortment of Traveller's Bags, Gladstone and Club Styles, in Alligator, Seal, and Levant leathers. The leather is of the Finest Quality, and the Finish and Workmanship Superior. These bags are also filled with the choicest of Silver-Mounted Toilet Articles, and are finished to suit the taste and requirements of the pur- chaser. In addition to these a large variety of Tourist and Shopping Bags of the latest designs and fashionable leathers. BROADWAY AND 19th STREET. English Dog Cart, ‘i Wagonette Phaetons, él ( Dos-a-Dos, —— English Broughams, T-Carts, Mail Phaetons, Stanhopes, Pau Carts, Char-a-banc Ft, French & Co. BOSTON, MASS. Driving Spider, Cabriolets, Four-in-Hand Breaks, Meadowbrook Carts, Phaetons de Dame, Road Wagons, French Victorias, Landaus, Gime Carts, BUCKBOARDS. comicbooks.com