Life, 1892-05-26 · page 2 of 18
Life — May 26, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. The layout features commercial notices for luxury goods and services typical of the Gilded Age: fine silver from Whiting M'fg Co., carriages from Brewster & Co., clothing from R.H. Macy & Co., and various other establishments. The only illustration with potential cultural commentary is the classical female figure atop a large shell (left side), labeled as the "Corinthian Yacht Club of New York" trophy won by "Gloriana." This appears to be a society/sporting notice rather than political satire—it reflects the elite recreational culture of wealthy New Yorkers. The remaining content consists of service advertisements: French dry cleaning, printing ink, whiskey, wine, and hair products. No clear political satire or caricature is evident on this page.
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- LIFE: Solid Silver FINE; WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GAADE |AT OF STERLING, THERE? O2E PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, ANO THE QUESTION “US IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?" 1S NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK, tis Exclusively. WuitTInGc Mpc Co. Silversmiths, UNION SQuaRE & 16TH ST., 113 CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB OF NEW YORK, WON BY “GLORIANA."” 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. traps and vehicles for country use in great number. Sporting THE ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD FOR STYLE AND QUALITY. WOMEN, LIKE CLOTHES, ARE AS OLD AS THEY LOOK. Keep your clothing and household textures fresh and clear by seniding them to LEWANDO'S PRENCH DYEING & CLEANSING ESTABLISHMENT MAIN OFFICES—17 Temple Place, Boston; 365 Fifth Ave., New York. N, ¥. Branch Offices—731 Sisth Ave ; 1199 Ninth Ave. ; 276 Columbus Ave. Largest in America. Established 1829, Price List Sent Free. 3Q YEARS IN FULTON STREET. THIS PAPER IS PRINTED H.B.KI H WITH ; »KIRK & CO./CPECIAL "LIFE - INK Mixed or Compounded Goods. MANUFACTURED BY THE W. D. WILSON PRINTING PRicE AccoroINa To Ace. |INKCO,,x1p. 10 SPRUCE ST., No other house can furnish N. Y. Send for Special Pricesand Discounts “OLD CROW” RYE WHISKEY. —- Sold by us as uncolored, unsweetened. Sole “Agents for The PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO. Sole Agents for the Inglenook Wines. Send for Catalogue, 69 FULTON ST. - 9 WARREN ST. Broadway & 27th St., New York, 18th Edition, postpaid for ase. (or stamps). THE HUMAN HAIR, Why it Falls Off, Turns Grey, and the Remedy. By Prof, HARLEY PARKER, F. R. A. S. C.F. Lone & Co., 1013 Arch St., Philada., Pa. “Every one abould read this little book.""— Atheneum 6TH AVE., 13TH TO 14TH ST. Continuation Sale [len’s Fine NECKWEAR, At Half Price. WE HAVE JUST BOUGHT OF ONE OF THE BEST MANUFACTURERS HIS ENTIRE SEASON'S PRODUCTION OF NECKWEAR, CONSISTING OF 9,000 DOZEN KNOT, PUFF, TECK, FOUR-IN-HAND, WINDSOR, BAND BOW, FOLDED AND CLUBHOUSE TIES, INCLUDING EVERY CONCEIVABLE SHAPE AND STYLE. MANY OF THESE GOODS WERE MANUFACTURED FOR RETAIL AT $1.50 APIECE; BUT WE PUT THEM ON SALE AT THE EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICES 15, 19, 24, 3d, Ad, lt RSTABLISHED this OVERHOM The Finest Rye ff Vhiskey in the orld To Writers of Advertisements. As we prorose advertising ver] largely this winter, and shall require ¢ number of bright, original, pointed ard forcible advertisements, illustrated and} otherwise, we have decided to offer the following prizes as an inducement te the geniuses in this line to give us4 sample of their quality : First prize, $200.00. Second prize, 100.00. Third prize, 50.00. This offer is made subject to th condition that we shall have the priv} lege of purchasing any of the adver tisements offered at the price of $10.00 provided they do not receive either o the above priz Competition opet until August 1st. The winner of t first. prize can probably secure pe manent employment if desired. For full particulars as to the nature of the article advertised and general inform tion concerning same, addre: New York, P. O. Box 1877. Send for free cops WHIST PLAYERS Sis Monthly. Pub.Co.,Milwaukee, comicbooks.com