Life, 1893-04-13 · page 2 of 18
Life — April 13, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains multiple commercial notices for late 19th-century New York businesses: - **Whiting M'FG Co** advertises solid silver flatware and hollowware for silversmiths - **P&P Gloves** sells branded gloves with guarantees - **R.H. Macy & Co** promotes trimmed millinery under new management - **Stern Bros** offers Paris-made lace, wraps, capes, and traveling garments - **Flandrau & Co** sells pleasure carriages and vehicles The only illustration is a decorative silver ewer (pitcher) at top left, labeled "The 'Giddy Cup' for Schooners," serving as product imagery for the Whiting silverware advertisement. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page—it's a commercial directory typical of Life magazine's revenue model during this era.
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correct FOR QMtAT ORTON OY JAMES nENDERDY see THe ACT oF 180, Solid Silver Exclusively. WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, ,%¥Yy FINE; THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUFSTION “1S IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?” IS NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Tue “Gray Cup’? roa Scnoonens. Won oy “! Manquenire.!” ‘THE brand «FONTAINE ’’ on the inside of a glove is a guarantee that the glove will fit and that it won't tear. It is the best of the P. & P. Gloves. Retail Price List of P. & P. Gloves. ESRACTURED, Prous Bee. CHAUMONT. S-Hook Dressed. BERTHOLD. PRR PAIR 1.00 | &-Button Length, Undressed, 4 Mousquetaire. 6-Button Length, Dr oT PER PAIR ooo G183 , Mousquetaire.. 1.25 c * +e 1.00 4 Large Button [ S-Hook Unde FONTAINE. 4 Large Button, Dressed. SHook 7% Undressed &-Button Length, Mousquetaire, Undr E Button Length, Dressed Mousquetair <F] E sale If your dealer does not keep these gloves, inform ‘us of the fact, and we will send you the address of our nearest agent, and inclose you with same a card entitling you to a discount of 10 per cent. on the first pair which you purchase of our celebrated Fontaine Glove. PINGS & PINNER, 384 & 386 BROADWAY, - - - NEW YORK. FLANDRAU & Co., 372, 374, 376 BROOME ST. Pleasure Vehicles for Town and Country. All Standard Designs and Novelties. LARGEST STOCK FINISHED VEHICLES IN THE WORLD, STERLING WHITING MFG CO Union Square & 16th St. NEW YORK. “MACY SIXTH AVE., 13TH TO 14TH ST. Under New Management, New and attractive de- signs are being daily added. The choicest Parisian novelties re- produced at one-half the prices demanded for like quality in so- called fashionable es- tablishments. Ladies of independent tastes who do not re- quire fancy prices to confirm their judgment will save 50 per cent. by purchasing of us. Back numbers of Lire can be had by applying at this office. Single copies of Vols. I. and II. out of print. Vol. [., bound, $30.00. Vols. II., VIIL, XIIL. and XIV., $20.00 each, bound. Vols. VIL, X., XL, XIL, XV. and XVI., $15.00 each, bound, Vols. III, IV., V., VIL, IX., XVI. and XVIIL, $10.00 each, bound. Vols. XIX. and XX., $5.00 each. Back numbers, one year old, 25 cents per copy. Subscribers wishing addresschanged will greatly facilitate matters by send- ing old address as well as new, direct attention to ther unusually large and choicecold Paris and Their Own Make Lace and Satin Wraps, Cloth Capes, Walking Coats Eton Jackets: Travelling Garments at Exceptionally Low Prices. West 23d comicbooks.com