Life, 1893-07-13 · page 2 of 16
Life — July 13, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** for Gilded Age luxury goods and services, not political satire. The prominent content includes: - **Whiting M'FG Co.** advertisement for solid silver goods at Broadway & 18th Street - **New York Central Railroad** promotion for the "Exposition Flyer" and "Empire State Express," touting speed records between New York and Chicago - **Brewster & Co.** vehicle manufacturer advertising pleasure carriages for town and country use - **Williams' Shaving Stick** testimonial from San Francisco about skin condition improvement - Various other commercial notices The only non-advertising content is a small decorative image showing the "Amateur Billiard Championship of America Trophy." There is no discernible political cartoon or satire on this page—it represents typical late-19th century *Life* magazine revenue through paid advertisements.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
* LIFE - Solid Silver Exclusively. MAVE REMOVED TO BROADWAY & 8th ST. TWO BLOCKS ABOVE FORMER LOCATION. Amateur BiLtiarn CHasrionsnir ov Aurnica Txorny, FRESENTRD BY MH, ISAAC TOWNSEND. WON BY MX. ORVILLE ODDIE, “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 fastest 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. DANIELS, General Passenger Agent, Graxp Centeat Station, New York. Back numbers of Lire can be had by applying at this office, 28 West 23d Street, New York City. Single copies of Vols. I. and II, out of print. Vol. 1. bound, $30.00. Vols. II., VILL, XIII, and XIV., $20.00 each, bound. Vols. VIL, X., XL, XIL, XV. and XVL., $15.00 each, ‘ound. Vols. HI, 1V., V., VL, IX., XVIL and XVIIL., $10,00 each, bound. Vols. XI nd 4» $5.00 each, Back numbers, one year old, 25 cents per copy. Subscribers wishing address changed will greatly facilitate matters by sending old address as well as new. (Of Broome St.) Broadway, 47th to 48th St. ! “3 Years Only Place of Business. Manufacturers of Every Variety of Pleasure Vehicle For Town and Country Use. Four-in-Hands and Tandems A SPECIALTY. ‘corvmant rom cater wacen Tat WHITING M’FG CC Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th Street, NEW YORK. ; —_— EE ‘20th Edition, postoaid for 2c. (or vam Why it Falls Off, Turns Grey and the Rem ago I was travq ing from New York to San Francisco. Asa result of being shaved in several ‘stances with strong inferior shaving soaps—my face was in a most terrible condition. Large sores and pimples appeared, scemen most diftcull to cure. > In San Francisco I procured a. packs of your wonderful WILLIAMS’ Shav ‘Soap—and its daily use for Shaving the Toilet—quickly removed every trace the trouble—and have not had a scre pimple on the face since.” Guoget H. Cravtox, Tothe Selma, Alabas} J.B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Ch Nov, 22, 1992, | THE HUMAN HAIR, By Prof, HARLEY PARKER, F. R. A. C.F. Lone & Co., 1018 Arch St., PI comicbooks.com