Life, 1893-11-23 · page 2 of 26
Life — November 23, 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 advertisements: 1. **Higgins & Seiter** (top left): Fine china and glassware retailer promoting Christmas deliveries. 2. **Vin Mariani** (top right): A French coca wine marketed as medicinal, claiming endorsement from "eminent physicians" and suitable for "hospitals and religious institutions." 3. **Graves Elevators** (middle): Safety-focused elevator company claiming "never a fall or fatal accident has occurred." 4. **Golden Sceptre Tobacco** and **Ideal Musical Boxes** (bottom): Tobacco product claiming a World's Fair award, and music boxes marketed as holiday gifts. The page reflects late 19th-century consumer culture, including now-banned medical claims (wine as brain tonic) and unregulated product advertising typical of that era.
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For Body and Brain, SINCE 30 YEARS ALL EMINENT PItysICrans RECOMMEND VIN MARIANI A Good Idea ccnere—e The original French Coca Wine; most popularly used tonic-stimulant in //ospivals, Publicand Religious Institutions everywhere. Nourishes Fortifies Refreshes To Avoid ERRons. PLEASE Oostave Bortce ano Last, Strengthens entire system; most AGREEABLE, EFFECTIVE and LastiING Renovator of the Vital Forces. Every test, strictly on its own merits, will prove its exceptional reputation. PALATABLE AS CHOICEST OLD WINES. Mlustrated Pook Sent Free, address : mOQO2-<Z200 rr-& ryp-DH Se, 50- ~52 West 22nd.St.New York, 170 Bellevue Ave. Newport. RI. GRAVES ELEVATORS. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ELEVATORS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 2500 ll NEVER A FALLOR FATAL INUSE ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED (SAFETY SPEED AND ECONOMY COMBINED) Sry Venn $2804 LIBERTY Sti, (GRAVES ELEVATOR CO. i| [ROCHESTER.NY. OT) 3 Pe IDEAL MUSICAL BOXES MAKE A OLLIONT FUL SCEPTRE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND SMOKING TOBACCO TOOK H ighest AND On ly AWARD World § Fair, HIGHEST AWARD MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT THE 1893. | COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. PERFECTION FOR THE PIPE. Surbrug 159 FULTON ST., t ue New York City, eee 298 Bway NY. N. aS EVN AND © MANUFACTURERS will send sample on receipt of 10 cents, comicbooks.com