Life, 1890-10-23 · page 2 of 16
Life — October 23, 1890 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains four separate advertisements: 1. **C.G. Ganthers Sons** - A furrier selling women's outerwear (jackets, wraps, coats, mantles) at 184 Fifth Avenue, New York. 2. **L.P. Hollander & Co.** - A dressmaking and clothing business announcing a new establishment at No. 290 Fifth Avenue, listing various departments. 3. **Brewster & Co.** - A carriage and sporting trap manufacturer on Broadway (47th-48th Street), claiming a quarter-century reputation for quality. 4. **Gorham Manufacturing Company** - Silversmiths advertising their sterling silver wares, established for sixty years, located on Broadway and 19th Street. These are luxury goods advertisements targeting affluent New York consumers. No political satire or social commentary is present.
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7C:G-Garnthers Sons~ —=@Fa tS ~~. Jackets Wwrup S,,( Coals ah M ante Sfocider eves ‘fete erines, Cravattes, Cisie rood exclasive designs ~Modera te wICRS. ASL Hs Avenue, New Yort L. P. HOLLAN DER & CO. GorRHAM MAaNubtacTuRING Compan I VERSMITHS. NEW YORK. BOSTON. SLL VEROMATES The Solid Silver War made by the Gorham Mar ufacturing Company _ hay been most favorably know for sixty years, not alone { purity of metal, but fo! marked originality and cor] sistency of design, assure We take great pleasure in announcing to our New York Clientele that we shall hereafter serve them directly. Our new establishment occupies the entire building, No. 290 FIFTH AVENUE, where the following departments of our business will be represented : by the constant employmer of the ablest artisans procur able, several of whom hay secured recognition from th Jury of Awards of the Par! Exposition of 1889. Th large and constantly growin business of the Compan Ladies’ Dressmaking and Millinery, Ladies’ Mantles, Misses’ and Children’s Dresses, Street Garments, Hats and General Outfitting, Infants’ Wardrobes, Boys’ Clothing. TOWN CARRIAGES —_awp— arises from the merits of its productions and its purpos ~ ~ or ~ to give the widest possible range in variety of ware SPO RTI NG TRA PS. desirable in Solid Silver. The Gorham Manufacturin Company’s corps of employees outnumber any simile establishment in this country or in the world. cently completed works of the Company at Providence Our productions have maintained their reputation for uniform excellence of quality for upwards of a quar ter century, and are admitted to be the fashionable standard. All parts entering into the construction of a vehicle are manufactured on the premises under our careful personal supervision, insuring that uniform stand- ard of quality for which our house is well known. R. L, are regarded as a model establishment for the man ufacture of Sterling Silverware. This extensive plam includes all the latest improved machinery, much of i peculiar to this establishment, and not in use elsewhere. Their wares are for sale by all first-class jewelry estat B RE Ww S T BE R & C O , lishments in the United States. GORHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, (OF BROOME STREET), BROADWAY, 47th to 48th ST., BROADWAY axp tottt STREE ONLY PLACE OF BUSINESS. NEW YORK. comicbooks.com