Life, 1893-06-15 · page 2 of 14
Life — June 15, 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 for: - **Whiting M'F'G Co.**: Sterling silver goods (top) - **New York Central Railroad**: Promoting the "Exposition Flyer" and "Empire State Express" trains between New York and Chicago - **Brewster & Co.**: Manufacturers of pleasure carriages/vehicles - **Flandrau & Co.**: Carriage maker at Broome Street, advertising "pleasure vehicles for town and country" with an illustration of a horse-drawn carriage - **H.B. Kirk & Co.**: Whiskey distributor - **The Depine Hair Destroyer**: Patent medicine for removing facial hair The single illustration shows a woman on a horse (right side), promoting exercise equipment. The page reflects early 20th-century commercial interests: luxury goods, transportation, carriages, and patent remedies.
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“EVR'E® Solid Silver Exclusively. WHITING M’F’GCO, Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St., NEW YORK. “EXPOSITION FLYER” Is the name of the new 20-hour train of the NEW YORK CENTRAL between New York and Chicago,—every day in the year. This is the Tastest thousand mile train on the globe, and is second only in speed to the famous EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS whose record for two years has been the wonder and admiration of the world of travel. The New York Central stands at the head for the speed and comfort of its trains. A ride over its line is the finest one day railroad ride in the world. For a copy of the “ Luxury of Modern Railway Travel” send two 2-cent stamps to GEORGE H. DANI General Passenger Agent, Graxp Centra Station, 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 WORLP Brewster & Co. (Of Broome St.) Broadway, 47th to 48th St. Only Place of Business. Manufacturers of Every Variety of Pleasure Vehicle For Town and Country Use. Four-in-Hands and Tandems A SPECIALTY. THE DEPINE HAIR DESTROYER Is warranted to remove at once, destroy, and forever PéErent the growth of muperttucus bale. by diwolving fhe roots, without the slightest ‘the most tensitive skin. 7 NEVER F. By mail in plain sealed package 7 The Depine Tollet Co., B 39 ears in FULTON sTaeer, H.B. KIRK & CO; DO NOT SELL Mixed or Compounded Goods; PRICE ACCORDING TO ACE. No other house can furnish “OLD CROW" RYE WHISKEY Sold by us uncolored, unsweetened. Sole Agents for The PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO Sole Agents for the Inciexoox Wives. Send for Catalogue. 69 FULTON ST. - 9% WARREN 87) Broadway & 27th St., New York. WHY ON ONE ANO NOT THE OTHER! An ingenious device invented by 2 ! for adding to the comfort and beauty of ™ while exercising. comicbooks.com