Life, 1893-01-19 · page 2 of 16
Life — January 19, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is **predominantly advertising** with no political cartoons or satirical content visible. The ads promote: - **Whiting M'fg Co**: Sterling silver goods, emphasizing solid silver (not plated) to avoid "false impressions" - **Hollanders**: A Fifth Avenue department store's annual markdown sale on women's and children's clothing - **Blanket Wraps**: Practical garments for various uses (travel, nursing, etc.) - **Stern Bro**: Linen housekeeping goods - **Life's Jubilee Number**: A special anniversary issue priced at 25 cents, published "once in ten years" The only potentially humorous element is the **Blanket Wraps ad**, which uses comedic illustrations of people in various domestic situations, but this is product marketing rather than political satire. This appears to be a standard magazine back page from Life's advertising section, circa early 1900s.
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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 iA FINE ; THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “IS IT SILVER OR 1S IT PLATED!” 1S NEVER RAISED . CONCERNING A GIFT GEARING OUR TRADE-MARK Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING WHITING MFP’G CO Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St. NEW YORK. Life’s Monthly Calendar FOR JANUARY Contains Copious Reading Matter and Pro- fuse Mlustrations, Only $1 a year, postage paid. Single Copies, 10 Cents. Back numbers can be had by applying at this office. MITCHELL & MILLER, 28 West apd Street, 290 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. Annual [Mark Down Sale Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Dresses and Street Garments, For Spring and Summer as well as Winter. ALL MARKED AT THEIR COST TO US AND IN MANY CASES LESS. GREAT BARGAINS IN LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S GLOVES, ALSO BOY’S CLOTHING. Orders taken for Ladies’ Dresses during January and February at reduced prices. New Yori, ‘Blanket Wraps . For Lounging, For the Sick Room, For Steamer Travelling, For the Nursery, For the Railway Carriage, For the Bath, For Yachting, Men, Women, Children, and the Raby, $2.75 to $35, with hood and girdle complete. enum and full instructions sent on appli- AT. NOYES BROS.’ 426 Waswinaton S1., Boston, U.S. A. The Jubilee Number of “Life” You will miss it unless you get it now. Life’s Jubilee Number, published only once in ten years. Beautifully illus- trated and filled with unusual and entertaining matter. Price 25 Cts. during the month ¢ January will offer Unexampled Values CHEAP, STRONG AND DUR Will hold 26 numbers. Mailed to 81 the U. S. fer $1.00, postage fr Appazss Orrice or LIFE, 28 West! New Yorn. comicbooks.com