Life, 1893-08-17 · page 2 of 20
Life — August 17, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four distinct ads: 1. **Whiting M'F'G Co.** (top right): Promotes solid sterling silver goods, emphasizing quality and authenticity to prevent customer deception. 2. **New York Central Railway** (center-left): Advertises the "Exposition Flyer," a 20-hour train between New York and Chicago, claiming it's the world's fastest thousand-mile train after the Empire State Express. 3. **Brewster & Co.** (center-right): Manufactures pleasure vehicles (carriages/wagons) for town and country use, specializing in four-in-hands and tandems. 4. **Life Magazine** (bottom): Announces Volume XXI availability in maroon/gold and full black bindings. The decorative silver vessel image (top left) serves the Whiting ad. No political satire or caricature is present on this page.
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*- LIFE: Solid Silver Exclusively. WE MAKE Soup Siuver Oxty, ENTIRE FREEDOM PROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION STEBLING S48 UT SILVER O Is IT PLATED?” TRADE MARK, | 4 Silversmiths, | Broadway & 18th Street, | “Gonter Cur” roe Scnooners, NEW YORK, 4 won by “ Sacuent,” es eae “EXPOSITION FLYER” Is the name of the new 20-hour train of the “eee _ Brewster & Co. NEW YORK CENTRAL ruses between New York and Chicago,—every day in the year, This is the fastest thousand mile train on the globe, and is second Broadway, 47th to 48th St. only in speed to the famous Only Place of Business. EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS whose record for two years has been the wonder and admiration of Manufacturers of the world of travel. Every Variety of 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 Pleasure Vehicle railroad ride in the world. For Town and Country Use. For a copy of the * Luxury of Modern Railway Travel” send two 2-cent stamps to GEORGE H. DANIELS, | General Passenger Agent, Gran Cuntwat STANION, New Yors. Four-in-Hands and Tandems NOW READY. A. SPECIAETY « Volume XXL. of Lire, Bound (January to June, 1893), in Maroon and Gold, Green and Gold, and fui! Black. “Prepaid to/any address in U.S. or Canada. ~ Price, $5.00 per Volume. OMe of “LIFE,” 28 West Twenty-Third St., NEW YORK CITY. comicbooks.com