Life, 1892-11-17 · page 18 of 19
Life — November 17, 1892 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements**, not editorial content or satire. It's a commercial collection typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model. The largest ad features two well-dressed men in formal attire (top hats, suits) illustrating clothing at different price points ($20 and $50 suits), aimed at middle-class readers seeking respectability. The accompanying text emphasizes affordable quality and accessibility across multiple cities—appealing to urban, aspirational consumers. Other notable ads include: - **Haviland China**: French porcelain for affluent households - **Fischer Pianos**: For cultural refinement - **Liebig's Extract of Beef**: Nutritional products - **James McCutcheon & Co.**: Luxury linens The ads collectively reflect **Gilded Age consumer culture**—products marketed to demonstrate taste, refinement, and social standing. There is **no political satire** visible; this is straightforward commercial messaging targeting prosperous Americans.
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Fashionable Attire For $20. Fashionable _ Attire For $50. It’s our business to dress you becomingly, it matters not the price nor the occasion. If large experience, plenty of goods and honest prices will do it (and it will) you'll come to us. We make suits to order from $20 to $50 We make overcoats to order from $18 to $45 We make trousers to order from $5 to $15 Over 3,000 styles to choose. Our stores in all principal cities. erry, ean raancrece,” ainmearous. 10. PORTLAND. ORE Los ancxiED. liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beef The Standard for Purity, Flavor and Wholesomeness, Genuine only with Justus von Liebig's “ Oe signature as shown: wy Haviland China 1S MARKED ————— ODO ON DECORATED WARE land & Limoges ON WHITE WARE H&C° “ranc® Co IMPORTED BY PRINCIPAL CHINA DEALERS. -RISSHER Grand, Upright and Square. Moderate Prices. TO RENT, INSTALMENTS AND EXCHANGE 5th Ave.. cor. 16th St., N. Y. Artists Who Get Rich often give good advice, Art use the Air Brush a re getting rich, and recom: ws Sees ae Windle tinctively an art tool, and saves time ai Leta the “chedhence of the work Write for tue ted catalogue. It will interest you. AIR BRUSH MFG. CO. Rocxrorp, Itt, U.S. A. Registered Trade Mark, Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, Ours is a business devoted almost exclusively to] linen goods, and we make handkerchiefs a special fay ture of this special stock. The Holiday assortment of] these to which we now invite attention has been selected, with much care, from many sources, and_represe the work of many minds as well as many hands. It is so large and varied that it would be impossible bere to describe it, but we believe we may safely say ther is nothing that could be desired for man, woman, of child, in this line, which it does not include. Every Handkerchief we sell is warranted pure linen. q JAMES McCUTCHEON & CO., The Linen Store, - 64 W. 23d &t, N. in Hosiery. | eco ‘Save Discomfort and Damiag. Would you like an Miustrated Booklet free? *WAUKENHOSE COMPANY, 76 Chauncey St, Boston, Mase.” ang Nassau Sr. tale by all ied ea Bend for KALAMAZOO METHOO, D. L. Down's HEALTH EXERcisER. t sientine Pavaieal a jencite Goat Guitare, b East Laebet, New York. The New Shape CARMEL >v c4le Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the Best, Kaslest to Use, and Cheapest. Birk te riof to all other soaps for the Teeth and Hair. leis the only pertectiy safe soap for the NURSERY and Invalids. 1 gist or grocer does not keep it send 15 cents for sample take to the importer, comicbooks.com