Life, 1891-09-03 · page 20 of 22
Life — September 3, 1891 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon. The page contains various product advertisements typical of the 1890s era, with minimal editorial content. The one notable non-advertisement element is a epigraph at top quoting King Henry VI: "We are advertised by our loving friends"—a meta-commentary on advertising itself, suggesting that testimonials and word-of-mouth (including the portrait of "Master Sheldon" endorsing Mellin's Food) serve as effective marketing. The advertisements reflect Victorian-era consumer products: imported ales, beef extract, soaps, perfumes, dressmaking services, tennis rackets, and an early photographic camera (the Kamaret). These ads reveal what middle-to-upper-class Americans purchased and valued—imported luxury goods, infant nutrition products, and emerging photography technology. The page demonstrates Life's business model: satirical editorial content subsidized by paid advertising from manufacturers seeking respectable publication venues.
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REDHAND “ars BOTTLED BY THE BREWERS IN ENGLAND. HIGHEST CRADE IMPORTED. SOLD EVERYWHERE EL. ZELL Agent, 92 Pearl 8t., N. ¥. The Liebig COMPANY Have for twenty-five years been putting up the famous product which stirred medical circles when first invented and given to the world by the renowned chemist, Justus vor Liebig. Their EXTRACT OF BEEF is known around the world, and has lately been carried into" Darkest Africa" by Stan- ley, , It is unapproachable for purity, favor and beneficial effects. As Brn: delicious and refreshing. Indispensable in Improved and Economic Cookery. oS LL STATIONERS SELL IT. EVERYBODY PRAISES IT. » Perrect PencicPonten Co PorTiant Pateqted Aygienre rehants In ail priocipal eltl Hiustrated catalogue mailed free on application to| HARDERFOLD FABRIC CO., Troy, N.Y. Please Mention this Paper. AND TRANSPARENT GLYCERINE SOAPS. THE FINEST TOILET GOODS IMPORTED Vas THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO." 4 DELICIOUS NEW PERFUME, A CRAB-APPLE here, in Crown stoppered bottl me its “We are advertised by our loving friends.” King Henry VI. The Portraits Of Healthy Children Sent by Thankful Parents Offer Irrefutable Evidence Of the Excellence of } MELLIN’S FOOD For Inrants ayo [nvatios. THE DOLIBER-GOODALE Co., BOSTON, MASS. - MASTER SHELDON, Invites correspondence. ‘West Winsted, Conn. SS MAKER OF FINE COSTUMES, ETC, WITH OR WITHOUT FITTING PUROHASER of every thing for sale in that market WITHOUT COMMISSIONS Send for cixcutar explaining methods, etc. DRESSMAKING AND SHOPPING IN NEW YORK Mrs. K. E. TIRNEY, 114 West 22d Street, REFERENCES: ATOR WoLco CELEBRATED TENNIS RACKETS. THEM ALL. % in Club Orders From Our List Prices. them in preference to all ot! REDUCED PRICES FOR 1891, paren 4.00 6 ‘The Beockman Tournament, 6.00] 7. The Beckman Special, x The Beeckman Club, & The Beckman Expert, Car Ue, Match Tennis Ball, 68 ota. each : 48.09 doz, The Playing Rales for 1891, with 304-Page, 8000-[itustration Catal by mail, 10cta ere of ail bab and tn door Spice aest receipt of 10 cent ped, ECK & SNYDER, Manofacturers, 124, 126, 128 and 130 Nassau St., N. KAMAREL- The NEW Photographic WONDER. Nearly ONE-THIRD SMALLER than any other Camera of equal capacity. $40. 100 4x65 Pictures without reloading. Size 54x 64x 8}e Inches. Price WE DEVELOP AND FINISH THE PICTURES WHEN DESIRED. W - THE BLAIR CAMERA CO., Boston, Mass., also makers of the HAWK-EYE, and other Photographie Apparal Branches : 208 State St., Chicago, 918 Arch St., Philadelph! E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., Trad E le Agents, New York, Also sold by all Dealers in Photo Goods. Send for the Kamaret Bookl comicbooks.com