Life, 1893-05-18 · page 2 of 18
Life — May 18, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains commercial advertisements from 1892 (based on the commemorative medal shown) for luxury goods and services: Whiting Manufacturing Company's sterling silver, the New York Central Railroad, pleasure vehicles from Landrau & Co., Brewster & Co.'s carriages, and Stern Bros.' home furnishings. The only non-commercial content is a small medallion depicting the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing (October 21, 1892), which was a major historical commemoration that year. The page reflects the commercial interests and consumer goods available to wealthy New Yorkers in the 1890s. There is no political satire or social commentary evident on this particular page.
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eorviert FOR OREAT warTAN OY dames mERsEneON UMoeR THE AGT OF 1001, ~ Solid Silver Exclusively. * LIFE: HAVE REMOVED To NHITING MFG CO. Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th Street, NEW YORK. Designed by Elihu Vedder, Executed by Whiting M'f'g Co, te Press of Two Continents have ven the title of “America’s Great- t Railroad” to. . 2... 2. wwe © THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. : Grand Central Station in the heart of the Metrop. ; olis of the Western World, ‘ 150 Miles of Magnificent Scenery along the Hudsor River, 4 Great Four-Track Line through the beautiful Mohawk Valley, = Central entrances into almost every Important City in the Empire State, ; Western Termini at Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Great Through Car Lines, reaching many of the important. Health and Pleasure Resorts, as well as all the Great Commercial Centres -of the United States, “ea few of the points submitted in evidence to prove we assertion of the Press. ™ For one of the “Four-Track Series,” send two two-cent stamps tc AOR! H. DANIELS, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, ha rk. “LANDRAU & Co.. 372, 374, 376 BROOME ST. Pleasure Vehicles for Town and Country. All Standard Designs and Novelties. LARGEST STOCK FINISHED VEHICLES IN THE WORLD. Brewster & Co. (Of Broome St.) direct the attention of those about to furnish Summer Residences to their complete assortments Manufacturers of of Broadway, 47th to 48th St. Only Place of Business. Drapery Materials Fancy S Ik, Nottingham and Rufiled Sash and Long Curtains, Embro‘dered Muslins, French and English Cretonnes ; Hand-Painted Fire-Screens, Every Variety of Pleasure Vehicle For Town and Country Use. Four-in-Hands and Tandems A SPECIALTY. Japanese Rugs in all sizes Bamboo Porch Shades And Hammocks At very . . wth Raion, paimia, oryeoruaap [Attractive Prices. THE HUMAN HAIR, Why it Falls Off, Turns Grey. and the Remedy. W t d St cpr, |VVESL 23 ‘ “ Every one should read this little boox,”— Athenaum comicbooks.com