Life, 1892-11-24 · page 2 of 22
Life — November 24, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Content Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. The advertisements are for upscale merchandise typical of the Gilded Age: - **Whiting Mfg Co.**: Sterling silver flatware, emphasizing it's solid silver exclusively (not plated) - **Hollanders**: High-end women's clothing including dinner gowns, mantles, robes, and carriages - **Stern Bros.**: Fur garments, seal coats, and fashionable capes - **C.G. Gunther's Sons**: Furs and trimmings - **Brewster & Co.**: Carriages for fall and winter The only image is a trade mark/logo on the left showing a classical female head, likely a maker's mark for silverware. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page—it reflects the commercial nature of *Life* magazine, which supported itself through luxury goods advertising aimed at wealthy readers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, *WS FINE -LIFE- THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE PREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “Ig IT SILVER OR 18 IT PLATED?” @ NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING WHITING Wise Co. Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St. NEW YORK, ANTLES-ROBES- PMIUFFS ~ 3 0aS- CRAVAT TES ROM THE Tas -MUFFS: BOAS- ax TRIMMINGS oF BECEPTIONAL BEAUTY: AN 184 FIFTH AVE- NEW BORIK >>>pDdD 399999 IER RCREECELKECEEEEEE HOLLANDERS New York: Bosten: 290 Fifth Avenue. Boylston St. & Park Sq. LATE IMPORTATIONS JUST OPENED OF. LADIES’ ° e Dinner«« Evening Gowns DrstGNED ESPECIALLY FOR US BY THE LEADING Houses OF Paris and Vienna. ORDERS FILLED AT SHORT NOTICE. ALSO STREET AND EVENING Mantles and Coats. MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S Dresses and Street Garments. DANCING CLASS DRESSES TO ORDER A SPECIALTY, AGENTS FOR THE JOUVIN & CIE. GLOVES. FALL AND WINTER CARRIAGES. Messrs. Brewster invite inspection of their stock of Fall and Winter Carriages in all the fashionable varieties, now on view at their warerooms. Broadway, 47th to 48th St. BREWSTER & CO @F BROOME St. Stern Bros. are now exhibiting their Latest Importation . of Fur Garments comprising exclusive styles ef Seal Coats for driving and street wear: Novelties in three-quarter and full length Capes, in the most desirable furs and combinations And direct special attention te The New Lavalliere Cape And NapraxineCollar in Seal, Sable, Persian, Mink and Breitschwanz West 23d St. comicbooks.com