Life, 1892-09-01 · page 14 of 16
Life — September 1, 1892 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **commercial advertisement page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. It contains no satirical content or social commentary. The page showcases **turn-of-the-century consumer goods and services**: Redfern (a high-end dress and coat maker with locations in New York and Chicago), Rambler bicycles, Emerson pianos, Dixon's pencils, Boston low shoes and garters, Oakley's California Violet essence, and Lucca olive oil. The illustration at top shows a fashionably dressed woman in Edwardian-era clothing—representative of Redfern's target market of affluent customers seeking European fashions. The Boston Garter ad includes a humorous illustration of a man adjusting his garter, playing on the practical need for such items when wearing the low-cut shoes of the period. This reflects early 1900s consumer culture and advertising strategy: luxury goods marketed to middle and upper-class readers through prestigious publications.
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KEDFERN "se M& REDFERN has just returned from his London, Paris and other European Estab- lishments, with the Latest Novelties in GOWNS, COATS, WRAPS, and OVERALLS; also a selection of Rich Silk and other Handsome Gowns. - PRICES REASONABLE. - Exclusive Cloths and Perfect Finish. Staff of “Fitters” and Cutters embraces the finest Talent procurable in the World. 210 FIFTH AVENUE, New York, and 1702 MICHIGAN AVENUE, Chicago, Ill. BEST ano MOST = LUXURIOUS. “ls \ SWEET TONED. BEFORE sOLD Rambler Bicycles THE on In Spring Frame and Air Tires we Reach the PUBLIC, MERIT. is REMB OF COMFORT.” + + MODERATE PRICES, TERMS REASONABLE Ask for Catalogue, Mention Lire, EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. Co., CATALOGUES FREE. 41 Pearson treet, Chleage. EMERSON PIANO CoO., Washing too, New York. 174 TREMONT ST., 92 FIFTH AVE., BOSTON, MASS. NEW YORK. If your dealer does not keep them, mention Live, and send 16 cents in stamps to the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. of Jersey City, N. J. for samples worth double the money 1 it ‘worth your trouble, Rio aerate] § Mf Shoes OS ee fee ae es Uiactively an art tool, asd saves ‘tae and Tapor: and SAY chen you must wear garter increases the jence of the work. Write for illus 4 > Bos trated eatalogue. It will laterest you. y he Boston Garter for ane AIR BRUSH MFG. CO., ‘ men 1S as necessary as the ang Nassav Sr, Rocxrons, Itt, U.S. A. S Warren Hose Supporter for Sse y ladies. All gentlemen wear q garters. The Boston Garter Ritebthned " is the only comfortable gar- < se ter, the only one which does a . not bind. Sold by men’s —=_——— outfitters everywhere. Made by George Frost GL \ Co., Boston. Is The First Analysts unquestionably in the World the perfection | pronounce it o Vf . (Pure , ESSENCE OF - Olive Oil YS catiroRnia vioters S. RAE & CO. Lecnorn, Iraty. comicbooks.com