Life, 1892-04-28 · page 2 of 14
Life — April 28, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not political cartoons or satire. It contains five separate commercial advertisements from the 1890s era: 1. **Whiting Manufacturing Co.** (silversmiths, NYC) - promoting solid sterling silver goods 2. **Messrs. Brewster & Co.** - fashionable town carriages on Broadway 3. **Blue Wedgewood Ware** (1810-1892) - reproduction dinnerware from Boston firm Richard Briggs & Co. 4. **Steam Yacht Advertisement** - featuring a new vessel with speed record 5. **Stern Brothers** - a department store advertising ladies' clothing (capes, coats, traveling garments, yachting jackets) The page reflects late-19th-century consumer culture and luxury goods targeting wealthy New York City residents. There are no political cartoons or satirical commentary present—this is a straightforward advertising section of the *Life* magazine.
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Solid Silver Exclusively. ae SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “IS IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?" IS NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR STERLING. TRADE-MARK, Wuitinc Mpc Co. Silversmiths, UNION SQUARE & 16TH ST., New York. Fashionable Town Carriages, MESSRS. BREWSTER & CO. have now on sale at their only place of business, Broadway, Forty-Seventh to Forty-Eighth Street, a large variety of all the fashionable shapes for the coming season. Sporting traps and vehicles for country use in great number. THE ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD FOR STYLE AND QUALITY, New Steam Yacht for Sal Record of 20 Miles in 66 Minutes, 4 Seconds. 81’ 4” over all; 71’ 6” Water-line; Beam, 10 ft.; Draught, 44 Machinery uti h design, Triple. 9 . coil Bo Condenser, natural fe forced. drat 4 . Di ‘ Blue Wedgwood Ware. [{2:2:2SiGhie wanna resin, Refers to Mr. T. V. JOHNSTON, Jr., C. D. MILLER, Designer and Ballder of of Tuk INperepeNT, 8 hts, Launches anit Marit! 1892. 2st Broadwa} Engines, Poughkeepsie, Stern Brothers, direct attention to their Later Importations of ~ scanset van tc anme fy ot naan Wormer & am -2dies’ Paris Capes, Lace Jacket Etruria, England, for the exclusive control of their famous old-time in new and exclusive styles and effects. Landscape Pattern of Dinner Ware, Russian and Chinese Coats, now reproduced for the first time since 1 The copper plates used for the - design were engraved i . The sha ean exact reproduction of those design were engraved jn Sto, The shape age an exact reproduction of those T_ ady Jane Traveling Garments * Queensware” (never equalle: z bility). ra complet ice of 178 pieces at the very low price of $35.00. We guarantee safe delivery, free from breakage. and novelties in Yachting Jackets and Blazers, RICHARD BRIGGS & COo., not to be found elsewhere. 287-291 Washington BOSTON, U. S. A. 2-8 School Sireet. Street. ESTABLISHED 1798. comicbooks.co