Life, 1893-03-23 · page 2 of 18
Life — March 23, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Page Content Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** for late 19th-century businesses, with no discernible political cartoon or satirical content visible. The advertisements promote: - **Whiting M'fg Co.**: Sterling silver goods (with a decorative medal image) - **Hollanders**: Women's clothing and riding habits - **Brewster & Co.**: Pleasure vehicles and carriages - **Stern Bros.**: Dressmaking services - **Frederick A. Stokes Co.**: "Life's Fairy Tales" book by John A. Mitchell The page also notes it was printed with special "Life Ink" by W.D. Wilson Printing. The only editorial content is a book advertisement for fairy tales, not political satire. This appears to be a typical issue page mixing commercial advertisements with minimal editorial material.
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-> LIFE: WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, s a AND OF BUT THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION 7 “ig IT SILVER OR 18 IT PLATEDI”” Exclusively. 18 NEVER RAISED ————————— CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Z STERLING WHITING M’F’G CO Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St. ENGLISH SETTER CLUB MEDAL. NEW YORK. HOLCANDERS nes Rew ecies Brewster & Co. > ‘ having greatly increased their fala Boylston St. & Park Sq. 290 Fifth Avenue. (Of Broome St. having ——, : heir fac in their Have just received the New Foreign Models of Broadway, 47th to 48th St.| Dressmaking ‘ Only Place of Business. Street, Carriage and Even-| ” Dep't Manufacturers of ae prepared lo ing Gowns and Mantles. Make to Order Every Variety of eg And also the Newest Patterns (many of them exclusive) Ladies of Spring and Summer Fabrics. Pleasure Vehicle C di : ‘ ostumes Riding Habits a Specialty. For Town and Country Use. from the latest andm Mail orders will receive prompt attention, desirable models, (impo? a Is, ey) Four-in-Hands and Tandems and their own design) % LIFE'S have forthe coming A SPECIALTY. F A I R Y T A L E S si exceptiorally choic cf materials and timmt By JOHN A. MITCHELL, to select from, Editor of ** Life’* and author of ** The Last American." Also A series of clever fairy tales, full of the quaint humor that marks Mr, Mitchell's writings. i With oumerous illustrations by Gibson, Johnson, Attwood and others, e Tailor Made Dresses, Fully as amusing as ** The Last American,” which was one of the most successful satire : ever published in this country, and which is now in its eighth edition. . : THIS? Riding Habits Well printed on good paper and bound in dark blue cloth, appropriately stamped in lend gold. WoL, tees Sco, pi ieee om i ‘APER IS PRINTED and Coats Sent to any address on receipt of price (at the publishers’ expense.) PECIAL: LIFE INK . 1 and exclusivest4 % . in original and exclusives} FREDERICK A. STOKES CO., |7w. v"Wit3dn'Finrinc INK CO,, . 10 SPRUCE ST., 27 West Twenty-Third Street. N.Y. pian Eaaay West 23d S comicbooks.com