Life, 1893-05-04 · page 15 of 16
Life — May 4, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon. The page contains commercial advertisements typical of the 1890s-early 1900s era. **Notable ads include:** - **Krakauer Ladies' Tailors** and **Seeley's** (dressmakers) — promoting fashionable riding habits and spring imports for affluent women - **Burlington Route and Denver trains** — advertising railroad travel to the American West - **Liebig Company's Extract of Beef** — a popular European beef concentrate product, emphasizing its Uruguayan origin and global reputation - **Vose & Sons Pianos** — Boston-based luxury instruments - **Yellowstone Park and Northern Pacific excursions** — all-inclusive tourist packages to the recently established national park ($130 total) - **Oakley's Toilet Soap** and **Jenkins' Practical Breeches** The page reflects turn-of-century consumer culture: upscale fashion, westward expansion tourism, imported luxury goods, and new commercial travel opportunities for the wealthy.
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KRAKAUER, Ladies’ Tallors, 391 FIFTH AVE. Cor. 36th St. The very new- est fabrics made up in the latest exclusive styles. Our special material for Rid- ing Habits, to- gether with un- excelled cut and finish, gives en- tire satisfaction. Orders by mail receive our prompt and personal atten- tion, Moderate Prices, PERFECT FIT Guaranteed. Ladies’ Tailors, Dressmakers, Our new importations for the Spring Season are now ready for inspection. Orders by mail carefully attended to. 22 West 19th Street, Bet, sth and 6th Aves., NEW YORK. BEST LINE CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS DENVER FOUR TRAINS DAILY YOUR AINE R00Fs DIXon's SILICA GRAPHITE PAINT. ater will run from it pure and clean. Tt covers double Wg Surface of any other paint, and will fast four or five umes longer. Equally useful for any iron work. Send for Circulars. Jos, Crecisre Co., Jersey City, N. J. WHY DON'T YOU RIDE? JENKINS rrscicsl $208 rate, 304 Fifth Ave., N.Y. City. SS ears gcd AND UPWARDS. is a town in Uruguay, South America, on the river Plate. It would not be celebrated except that it is where the celebrated Lighig Company's EXTRACT OF BEEF comes from, and in the fertile grazing fields around it are reared the cattle which are slaughtered—1 ,000 to 2,000 aday—to make this famous product, which is known ‘round the world as the standard for QUALITY, FLAVOR AND PURITY se O ~ &SO Pians Celebrated for their Pure Tone, Elegant Designs, Superior Workmanship, and Great Durability. Sold on easy terms. Old Instruments taken in exchange. Write for catalogue and full intormation. 170 Tremont 8t., Boston, Mass. WEE T Ot T2 TOILET SOAP OAKLEY S OWSTONE PARK YELLO EXCURSION PARK, ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES INCLUDED RATE $130,°° ween, rALY STAMPED AND COUNTERAGNER, Lect As TICKET 18 C099, ~ roa oie FAS US res ST PAUL or PORTLAND — 10 —< MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, NORRIS, FOUNTAIN axo UPPER GEYSER BASINS. YELLOWSTONE LAKE wo GRAND CANON oF na YELLOWSTONE AND RETURN. Satta ne let. Good if used between JUNE Ist.and OCTOBER Ist. 2nd This Ticket INCLUDES ALL necessary lraveling expenses as staled herein, 3rd RAILROAD FARES, and also trans. portation through the PARK in the stages of the Yellowstone National Park Transp Ca ONE DOUBLE BERTH in PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR and meais on Northern Pagific Dining Cars between St. Paul or Portland and Livingston, Montana. MEALS and LODGINGS for 6% days inthe hotels of the National Park Assn. TWELUDING ALL TRAVLUNG EXPENSES CINNABAR WO TO INCLUDING ALL TRAVELING EXPUMSES CINNABAR TO AND THROUGH YELLOWSTONE PARK | AND RETURN. y TYNGLUDING ALL TRAVLUNG LXPENSLS, St PAUL or PORTLAND GOTOe-o CINNABAR LAW Service AT lncerporated.) OME. 22" comicbooks.com