Life, 1893-06-08 · page 2 of 16
Life — June 8, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains several commercial notices: 1. **Whiting M'F'G Co.** – A silversmith advertising solid sterling silver goods at Broadway & 18th St., New York 2. **United States Mutual Accident Association** – Insurance company claiming to be the oldest and strongest mutual accident insurer 3. **Flandrau & Co.** – Vehicle manufacturer advertising pleasure carriages for town and country use, claiming to have "the largest stock finished vehicles in the world" 4. **Stern Bros.** – Department store promoting their "Celebrated Classique Corsets" 5. **New York Central Railroad** – Promoting their rail line as "America's Greatest Railroad" The only cartoon element is a small humorous illustration about horseback riding comfort, but the page is fundamentally a collection of period advertisements rather than satirical content.
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- LIFE: Solid. Silver Exclusively. oa STERLING WHITING MFG CO. Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St., NEW YORK. is the oldest and strongest mutual accident company. It is the largest accident company. Its managers have given for fifteen years and are now giving the best insurance ever offered. A few good agents could secure good terms. The Press of Two Continents have given the title of “America’s Great- est Railroad” to... THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. Its Grand Central Station in the heart of the Metropolis of the Western World, Its 130 Miles of Magnificent Scenery along the Hudson iver, [ts Great Four-Track Line through the beautiful Mo- hawk Valley, Its Central entrances into almost every Important City in the Empire State, Its Western Termini at Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Its Great Through Car Lines, reaching many of the im- portant Health and Pleasure Resorts, as well as all the Great Commercial Centres of the United States, Are a few, of the points submitted in evidence to prove the assertion of the Press. For one of the “Four-Track Series,” send two two-cent stamps tc GrorGe H. DANIELS, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station. New York. FILANDRAU & Co., 372, 374, 376 WHY ON ONE AND NOT THE OTHER? BROOME ST. Pleasure Vehicles for Town and Country. All Standard Designs and Novelties. LARGEST STOCK . . An ingenious device invented by a horse FINISHED VEHICLES for adding to the comfort and beauty of man IN THE WORLD. |! while exercising. tern Bros. direct attention to their Celebrated Classique Corsets without exception the mos Perfect Fitting in the world. Combining all the best points of the highest grade of French Corsets, affording absolute comfort to the wearer and adding symmetry to th Form. To be had in fifteen differect models, including The New Empire. West 23d St. comicbooks.com