Life, 1892-03-24 · page 2 of 16
Life — March 24, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from what appears to be the late 19th or early 20th century, including: - Whiting Mfg Co. (sterling silver goods) - Brewster & Co. (carriages) - Hollanders (clothing/millinery in Boston and New York) - Stern Bros. (ladies' hats and bonnets) - Various other retailers The only potentially satirical element is a small illustration accompanying the Whiting Mfg Co. ad, which shows an ornate tabletop display with candlesticks. The text emphasizes that purchasers can be "secure" their gifts are solid silver, mocking common consumer anxiety about whether items were genuinely silver or merely plated—a legitimate concern in the era. The page reflects *Life* magazine's business model: mixing entertainment with paid advertisements.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING. Wuitinc Mrc Co. Silversmiths, UNION SQUARE & 16TH ST., New York PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, ANO THE QUESTION “IS .IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?" IS NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Fashionable Town Carriages. MESSRS. BREWSTER & CO. have now on sale at their on'y place of business, Broadway, Forty-Seventh to Forty-Eighth Street, a large variety of all the fashionable shapes for the coming season. traps and vehicles for country use in great number. Sportin; TAE ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD FOR STYLE AND QUALITY. 290 Fifth Ave., New York. 202 Boylston St., Boston. TO OUR CUSTOMERS: We Summer Spring and Imported Models Costumes, Garments and Millinery For Ladies, Misses and Children, ally for us by the Leaping also cxclusive style ice DRESS FABRICS AND TRIMMINGS from which to take orders Comprising many new designs made es Hovses or Part me ¥- the Knack Camera. It isn’t costly. Is good looking. Well made. Good lens. First rate for beginners. If you want to know more about it or anything else photographic write us, Scovill & Adams Co., 423 Broome St., N. Y. RADFORD, JONES & CO., Court, Hunt & Military Tailors, 32 CEORGE STREET, HANOVER SQUARF, - LONDON, W. ‘Telegraphic Address, “Litnornvi. Loxvon.”* PAers TuraTRE, BROADWAY & 30th STREET. Evenings at 8.15. Matinee Wed. and Sat. LORD TENNYSON’S COMEDY, “THE FORESTERS.” “LIFE” BINDER Cheap, Strong and Durable. Will hold 2G Numbers. Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00, postage free. Address OFFICE OF “LIFE,” 28 W. 23d Street, - New York. Spring Importations Ladies. Trimmed Hats, Bonnets And Toques yROM TILE LEAD PARIS MELLINERS FOGETHER WITH THOSE FROM Their Own Work Rooms COMPRISING EXCLUSIVE STYLPS NOT TO BE FOUND ELSEWHERE. West 23d St comicbooks.com