Life, 1892-09-15 · page 2 of 18
Life — September 15, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political cartoon. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from late 19th or early 20th century New York businesses: - **Whiting M'fg Co.** advertises sterling silver flatware and serving pieces, emphasizing their solid silver construction to counter concerns about silver-plated imitations - **C.G. Gunthers Sons** promotes furs (mantles, jackets, mink, seal-Persian) - **H.B. Kirk & Co.** sells wine - **Lowell Carpets** advertises their products - **Flandraw & Co.** markets carriages - **Grand Rapids Portable House Company** offers prefabricated homes The page reflects consumer concerns of the era: authenticity of materials, fashionable luxury goods, and emerging technologies. No political satire is present.
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Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING. WuiTInG M-rc Co. Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St., NEW YORK. ANTLES- <JACKETS INC EAL~PERSIAN 9% TUNE ABLE. C AND orn OTHER FURS ie unusual @xeelleneei in TLE ano FIT? Cc AND AT MODERATE PRICES Gis THERS Gos 18 FirtH AveENvE NEW YORK ens . Lowell Lowell Carpets have been famous for more than half acentury. The best quality, designs, and coloring. To protect buyers from decep- tion.the word Lowell is woven in capital letters at each repeat of the pattern in the back of LOWELL BRUSSELS AND WILTONS. Carpets “LIFE” BINDER Cheap, Strong and Darabdle. Will hold 36 Numbers. Address OFFICE OF “LIFE,” 28 W. 23d Street, - New York SQ YeAns im FULTON STREET. H. B. KIRK & CO. DO NOT SELL Mixed or Compounded Goods. PRICE ACCORDING TO AQK. No other house can furnish “OLD CROW” RYE WHISKEY. Sold by us as uncolored, unsweetened. Sole ‘Agents for The PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO. Sole Agents for the Inglenook Wines, Bend for Catalogue. 69 FULTON ST. - 9 WARREN 8T. Broadway & 87th St., New York. WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, ib FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “18 IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?” 1S NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. $500.00 Handrau d NEW YORK. 872, 374, 376 Broome Street, Broadway, 6let St. and 7th u Every travelling guest of the American House, Boston, is presented on leaving the hotel with a regular Accident Policy for'$500 in'the Travely ers’ Insurance Company of Hartford, Ct. This policy insures during 24 hours from day of date against death from accident. Should death result there- from within go days, the money will be paid to the legal repre- sentative of the insured. ELEGANT Carriage FOR TOWN AND COUNT And of Every Variety of Desi Color and Weight. American House Boston Correspondence Solicited, CRAND RAPIDS PORTABLE HOUSE COMPAN 4 nye Wy GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a Hunters’ Cabins, Club Hi Summer Coenen, jotograph Galt oe AY Lawn Houses, Play Houses, Etc., Etc. Absolute} Photog and designs, “Especially designed for Camping. Hunting and Fs fig Are made of three-ply veneer, very light, strong and durable. AJ thoroughly seasoned and painted in attractive colors. The fas are iron pins. No nails or screws used. Easily erected or takes! without mutilation, Send stamp for Catalogue. NORMAN BARBOUR, Eastern Agent, 77 Warren Street, New ' comicbooks.com