Life, 1893-10-19 · page 2 of 18
Life — October 19, 1893 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Content Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four commercial advertisements from what appears to be an early 20th-century issue of Life magazine: 1. **Whiting Mfg Co.** - Silver serving vessels with patriotic references ("Volunteer" and "Mayflower" pitchers commemorating America's Cup yacht racing victories) 2. **Hollanders** - Women's fashion (costumes, dinner gowns, mantles, capes, coats) 3. **Cudahy's Extract of Beef** - Food product advertisement 4. **Stern Bros** - Upholstery and home furnishing imports (curtains, rugs, embroideries) 5. **Life Binder** - Magazine binding service The page reflects turn-of-the-century consumer culture, with emphasis on luxury goods, domestic fashion, and imported materials for wealthy households.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
LIFE Solid Silver Exclusively. STIERGING WHITING M’P’G CO. Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th Street, “VOLUNTEER.” PRESENTED BY Trt New Yorx Yaout Cove, 10 NEW Capr. Cranes J. Paine IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF W118 UNEQUALED SKILL AND AGILITY IN THRICE DEFENDING THE AMERICA'S CUP. YORK TO cowmewonare 1 “ MAYFLOWER " PRESEnTtO Br Tre New Yor Yacut Cive, To Carr. CHARLES J. Paine oF 00 CUTTER “ GaLaTea, HOLLCANDERS Boston : 202 Boylston Street. We are now prepared to show our Customers the New Models of Ladies’ Costumes ad Dinner Gowns. Also the Newest Fabrics for taking orders. We have now on exhibition our Autumn Importations of Ladies’ Mantles and Capes, Walking and Driving Coats. “LIFE” BINDER, °%2azucceeX? WILL HOLD TWENTY-' SIX NUMBERS. Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00, postage free. Address, OFFICE OF “LIFE,” - 28 West 23d Street, New York. The First Coin rolling up hill we will find in time to give to the person who cannot make a delicious cup of bouillon from Cudahy's —Rex Brand. This is the most delicate and delicious Beef Extract on the market. It cannot be equalled for soups or gravies or for other household purposes. Sold by all Grocers. Send 6 c. for postage on sample pack- age, mailed free. The Cudahy Pharmaceutical Co., South Omaha, Nebraska, *T don’t mind the idea of dying so much,” she sald, "i it were not for the knowledge that the clothes they bury me in will be so awfully old-fashioned by the time resurrec- tion day gets around."—/ndianapolis Jour- nal. Stern Bros have now open in their greatly enlarged Upholstery Departments their entire Importations ot Lace & Sash Curtains, Portieres, Drapery Materials, Antique and Modern Embroideries, Oriental Rugs, in all forming the larges and most artistic collec ere they have ever exhibites} West 23d 51 comicbooks.com