Life, 1892-05-12 · page 2 of 18
Life — May 12, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of This Life Magazine Page This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains commercial advertisements for luxury goods targeting wealthy consumers of the era: - **Whiting Mfg Co.**: Sterling silver tableware, emphasizing quality and authenticity - **Brewster & Co.**: High-end carriages for the wealthy - **Blue Wedgwood Ware**: Historic English pottery (reproduced since 1525) - **Richard Briggs & Co.**: Fine dinnerware with landscape patterns - **Edward A. Morrison & Son**: Women's hats and millinery imports - **Lewando's**: French dry cleaning service The only quasi-humorous content is a small tip about glove maintenance. Overall, this reflects late 19th-century upper-class consumer culture, with no apparent political satire or social commentary present.
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WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, ANO OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, 745 FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, ANO THE QUESTION “IS IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?" IN NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Tue *Crara” Cur, 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. Blue Wedgwood Ware. (892. We have arranged with the historic firm of Jostan WepGwoop & Sons, Etruria, England, for the exclusive control of their famous old-time Landscape Pattern of Dinner Ware, for the first time since 1825, The copper plates used for the aved in 1810, The shages are an exact reproduction of those od. The color is ** Royal Blue,” an the ware the famous “* Queensware " (never equalled for beauty and durability: We offer a complete of 178 pieces at the very low price of $35.00. We guarantee safe delivery, free from breakage. RICHARD BRIGGS & CO., 287-291 Washington BOSTON, U. S. A. 2-8 School Street. Street. ESTABLISHED 1798. now reproduc design were en used at tha P Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING. Wuitinc More Co. Silversmiths, UNION SQUARE & I6TH ST., New York. “TIPS” ON GLOVES. 3% % The finger tips will outwear the gloves. That isa plain statement about the Kayser Patent Finger Tipped Silk Glove. A guaran- tee ticket is given with every pair sold, that if the gloves do out- wear the tips, you can get a new pair free. + + + + If you cannot get this glove from your dealer, notify the manufacturer, JuLius Kavsen, EDWARD A. £> MORRISON & SON New York, and he will see that you get them, IMPORTERS. LONDON AND PARIS HATS AND BONNETS AND FINE MILLINERY. WEAR. 893 BROADWAY, 13 EAST 19th STREET, NEW YORK. WOMEN, LIKE CLOTHES, ARE AS OLD AS THEY LOOK. Keep your clothing and household textures fresh and clean by sending them to LEWANDO’'S FRENCH DYRING & CLEANSING ESTABLISHMENT MAIN OFFICES—17 Temple Place, Boston; 365 Fifth Ave., New York. N, Y. Branch Offices—73: Sizth Ave ; 1199 Ninth Ave. ; 276 Columbus Ave. Largest in America, Established 1829, Price List Sent Free. comicbooks.com