Life, 1893-02-23 · page 2 of 16
Life — February 23, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and magazine promotion**, not political satire. The top half features an advertisement for Whiting Manufacturing Company's solid silver flatware and serving pieces, emphasizing their sterling silver quality with an ornate medal image. The company's location is given as Union Square & 16th Street, New York. The lower half promotes Harper's Magazine's March issue, featuring a photograph of an elegant winter social gathering in Florida. The contents list includes fiction and poetry pieces. On the right, Stern Bros. advertises their "Classique Corsets" and Empire Style brassieres. **No political cartoon or satirical content is present on this page.** It represents typical early 20th-century magazine advertising and editorial promotion.
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WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, one eee eo spe: Solid Silver THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION 2 1 ip rr SVR One rr PuAreDr” Exclusively. 1S NEVER RAISED ( CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR STERLING WHITING MFG CO Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St. NEW YORK. One of the most attractive papers in the March num- ber of Harper's Macazine is) Mr. Juuian Ravpn’s ar- ticle, ‘‘Our Own Riviera” (Flor- ida), beautifully il- lustrated by Mr. W. T. SMebtey. Celebrated Those who have « read Mr. Ralph's Classique article on New Or- leans will know what to expect Corset from the writer and the artist, | Also and will not be disappointed. the new Empire Style FOR MARCH not to be found elsewher From “Harper's Magazine.” Copyright 1853, by Harper & Brothers, New York. CONTENTS OF THE NUMBER. My Upper Shelves. A Poem. By Ricuano Rurtow, Washington Society. I.—Offcial. By Henry Looms Netsox. With West 23d S Our Own Riviera. By Jutian Racrot, Must YT. Suepey. § Illustrations by Reise Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa tantey, The Escurial. By Tx #up. With 10 Ilostrations. With 6 Illustrations by Frnoeric RestixcTon, An American in Africa. By Ricuako Haxptxc Davis. With Portrait The Refugees. A Tale of Two ents. By A.Conan Dovie. Part of Wittias Astor CHantin, IIL. With § Hlustrations by T, pe Twotstxur. Monochromes. Poems. By W. D. Howstts With 12 Illustrations by The Face on the Wall. AS: By Maxcaxer Detaxo. With 3 He Howaeo Pree lustrations by AceceT E. Stexnen. Horace Chase, A Novel. By Constance Fesiuore Wootson. Part IIL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $400 A YEAR. HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers, New York City. comicbooks.com