Life, 1891-11-12 · page 2 of 15
Life — November 12, 1891 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains commercial advertisements for various products and services typical of early 20th-century America: - **Beecham's Pills** (patent medicine for kidney/brain ailments) - **Stern Brothers** (custom clothing) - **Allen Solly & Co.** (hosiery and underwear) - **Dorfflinger's Cut Glass** (tableware) - **Lewando's** (French dry cleaning service) - **Williams' Travelers Favorite Shaving Stick** (prominently featured with large product illustration) - **E.P. Dutton & Co.** (wedding invitations) There are no political cartoons or satirical commentary visible. The page demonstrates how *Life* magazine, while known for satire, also relied heavily on paid advertisements to fund publication. The ads reflect consumer goods and services marketed to middle and upper-class readers of that era.
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—s 8 5 - ; 74 1 ata Te WArtistic Presents: of Per WEDDING INV ITATIONS| manent Value. \ We invite attention to our facilities for ; ducing the latest and most fashionable « . - promptly and at moderate prices. Moderate Prices, All the work is done on our own premivs High Class Etchings, ° Samples furnished on application Engravings, and Water Colors (0) E. P. DUTTON & cof "red kK & Co., Pa Frederick Keppel & Co., Paris, BookseL.ers AND STATIONERS, ) d with logs. The jam and 20 East 16th Street, cotngsieam i coreg with loge The jaf 31 West 23d Street, New York Fine Pictures at dislodge the obstruction. Bet. Union Square and sth Ave | BEECHAM’S Jaco ao “=~ will relieve the pressure | upon the Stomach, Liver, { BOTTLED BY THE BREWERS IN ENOLAND. hi Kidneys Lt Brain. which is the cause ot Sick 2 headache, Indigesti HIGHEST GRADE IMPORTED. | i . Of all dru, ° SOLD EVERYWHERE. 5 . THE SOAP § & New. x Depot. 6s CanalSt. 5] Bi. ZELL, Agent, 99 Pearl at, N.Y. itself—is simita ity to our Stern Brothers (ise. 34 =" Its 3 strong points are prepared to ) vit i Wi Rich—creawlixe- never-drying lather MAKE TO ORDER RR) ag Walking, Carriage, Visiting, | LER mad Ae a werld treme Reception & Evening Costumes, PULL fei lh F Camis Shewtng Se Riding Habits, Driving & Box Coats SU THT { feel gy embodying the ideas of the leading Re ft Wane Th The Perfume Foreign Modistes and of Their Own Designers 5 \ AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES. eu li eo West 23d Street. N. Y. |i a STAR ers ALLEN SOLLY & CO.,, i ii vial HIGH CLASS 4 The Case | C a7 Hi FAVORITE “4 agen Hosiery and Underwear. i = sr sal eee CHARLES HAUPTNER, |S AGH fea: Feat (Dress Shirts to Order a Specialty.) ty ) | Mn ng le comes off in 5 1280 BROADWAY (Cox. 334 Steer), New York. Ws nina CISTI strongest = fit i i THAD tive tittte pack THIS PAPER IS PRINTED ; “ : ANSI nade and i FDORFLINGER’S : | qi ore tan sey PECIAL “LIFE - INK] american RRR) kc ite W. D. WILSON PRINTING }Gut Glass: i. b H idle 95 INK CO.,.urp. 140 WILLIAM ST. FORTHE TABLE ook forts . ut N, Y. Send for Special Pricesand Discounts. 13 Is Perfection. ‘label. CLEANSING AND DYEING. nave PT ORF TRYING IT—-TRY IT NOW. LARGEST CONCERN IN AMERICA. Ask your Druggist If he keeps It. A SHED 1829, Tf not, he's behind the times—but even that is no good reason for your us LEWANDO’S other kind. He will get it for you if you insist—or we mail them to any po: the world for 2B, 1 stamps. Address } French Dyeing and Cleansing Establishment, THE J. B, WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Gund. MAIN OFFICES: Makers of the renowned “Genuine Yankee Soap.” 17 Temple Place, Boston, 365 Fifth Ave., NewYork. of any Dececsst BRANCH OFFICES: Of all Purs Toilet Soaps WILLIAMS' BARBERS’ SOAP is the Porsst. 77) N.Y. City 231 Siath Ave,, near end St.; 1155 Broadway, near ayth St.; 199 Ninth Ave., cor. 734 St. | As delicate as cream. A, palm forthe bands and fare. Pound Package (6 cakes), @ cecal comicbooks.com