Life, 1891-10-22 · page 2 of 16
Life — October 22, 1891 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It features commercial notices for late 19th-century New York businesses: - **C.G. Gunther's Sons**: furrier offering cloaks, jackets, and mantles at "moderate prices" - **Stern Brothers**: department store advertising Alaska Seal garments and fur-lined clothing - **Hollanders**: Boston and New York retailer of dresses, mantles, and millinery - **French Dyeing and Cleansing Establishment**: laundry services - **E.P. Dutton & Co.**: stationery department for invitations and monogramming - **Stockton's Novel**: "The Squirrel Inn," illustrated book advertisement The illustrations show fashionable women in period dress wearing elaborate fur garments and cloaks—typical promotional imagery for upscale retailers targeting wealthy female consumers of the era. No political satire is present; this is standard Life magazine revenue-generating advertising content.
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> LIFE - C;G:GUNTHERS: SONS: FURRIERS JACKETS-WRAPS-CLOAKS‘AND MANTLES SHOULDER CAPES-PELERINES-CRAVAT TES OE ees Se D> 99900999 0 PHER ELLESMERE Stern Brothers HOLLANDERS are now displaying in their FUR DEPARTMENTS 202 Boylston Street, | 290 Fifth Ave et, Venue, consisting in part of Special and Exclusive Styles of Our new models of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Louis XV. Coats, DRESSES, MANTLES, Lord Chumley & Tudor Capes with corresponding styles of AND M | L L I N E R Y : Fur-Lined Cloth Garments, anda compete assoriment of are now ready, representing all the leading houses of fashic Fur Trimmings, Rugs and Robes.| = parts, VIENNA AND LONDON, AS WELL AS West 23d Street, N. Y. Our Own Original Designs CLEANSING AND DYEING.| We make a specialty of Young Ladies’ Evening and Da» : LARGEST CONCERN IN AMERICA. Dresses at very reasonable prices. ESTABLISHED 1829, LEWaANDO’S “LIFE” BINDER: | i wonti; GuiNDAs WORTH 4 GUINES j } . . . Cheap, Strong and Durable. =) French Dyeing and Cleansing Establishment, swiilTnsidsceiniorbers: MAIN OFFICES: Mailed teany part of the United States for 17 Temple Place, Boston. 365 Fifth Ave., NewYork. $1.00, postage free. BRANCH OFFICES; Address, OFFICE OF “LIFE,” N.Y. City—73t Sixth Ave., near 42d St.; 1155 Broadway, near a7th St.; 1199 Ninth Ave.,cor. 734 St. | 28 West 23d St., New York. Stockton’s New Novel. KE. P. DUTTON & CO. 'S I N N Wedding Invitations, Rece; nilonin and Visiting Cards, —AND IN MONOGRAM and INITIAL STAMPING. ILbustRATED ny A, B. Frost ALLSOPFS} Sample book of styles and prices will be mailed free on application, RED HAND ALE. We have just received an invoice of NEW BRONZES FROM VIENNA, | POTTED BY THE BREWwmns 1s OT Sold by alt lers and published by Jentire novelties, Inspection is invited. HIGHEST GRADE IMPOR BOLD EVERYWHERE THE CENTURY CO.,N.Y.'E. P. DUTTON & CO.. 31 West 28d St., New York. | ® & #8 Asess oe reat ws comicbooks.com