Life, 1893-11-30 · page 16 of 18
Life — November 30, 1893 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is not a satirical or political cartoon page—it's a late-19th-century advertisement section from *Life* magazine. The page contains luxury retail ads targeting wealthy consumers, including: - **Redfern**: A prestigious dressmaker serving the Princess of Wales, advertising silk dresses and waists - **Haviland China**: Clarifying their brand identity among competing porcelain manufacturers - **Arnold Constable & Co.**: High-end furs, clothing, and coats - **H.B. Kirk & Co.**: Whiskey merchants - Various other luxury goods (cologne, cigars, hotels) The only non-advertising content appears to be small notices for educational courses and business services. There are no political cartoons, caricatures, or satirical commentary visible on this page—it's straightforwardly commercial, reflecting the gilded-age consumer market.
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Ned fen Dress and Habit Maker to H.R. H. The Princess of Wales. Handsome Silk I Silk Dresses, Made in our new French work-rooms; fitted by the best Parisian fitters. $115. REDFERN’S SILK WAISTS FROM $18. Great novelties in Ermine and Seal, Tippets, Paletots, Pelisses, and Victorines. 210 Fifth Avenue, New York. Ainold Haviland China RICH FURS Important: As there are now severai Havilands in FUR CLOAKS, CAPES, MUFFS he chi de, it is i . Buyers thet thevshoull Fur Trimmings, the china trade, it is important to uyers that t iey shou be Fur Carriage and Sleigh Robes, informed that the ware which for over 50 years has been known RIS AND LONDON N WELTIES. as Haviland China is marked under each piece : PA oe, . Reception and Evening Gowns, H&Cc° avian d. & Co Tailor-made Cloth Suits, Riding Habis, Lp L c& Lim ages * Cloth, Velvet and Plush Coats and Jackets, ANY MACKINTOSHES, On White China, On Decorated China. STORM COATS. Broadiwary & 19th St Mew York. The Orcutt Comp'y <ssesreere Sim FAU DE ——— i wee STUDY ™32" 2 COLOGNE be: Sage SPRAGUE W corres AND. TRANSPARENT igs as Since SRT TRE See gore GLYCERINE SCO 4. Cormen. Jn. Secty, THE FINEST TOILET GOODS IMPORTED. AO sYEAns iw rutton SOT U.8. Agents, MULHENB@EROPFF,N.Y. |h, B. KIRK & CO. DO NOT SELL Mixed or Compounded Coods. PRICE ACCORDING TO AGE. No other house can furnish “OLD CROW” RYE WHISKEY. Exact Stze, P to. Sold by us, uncolored, unsweetened. erfeeto. | 8 Robert Stewart Rye Whiskey, Bottled at the d HIGHEST AWARD ay A oe ane Sole Agents for the Pleasant Valley Wine Co. at World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago,1893. JACOBSTAHL, Jr. &CO., | Agents for the Inglenook Wines, Send for Caos Makers, 168th st. and 8d ave., New York. Send $1.00 for sample box of 10'cigars. "eo rocow o7., BROADWAY & 27: STREET, - NEW TEL comicbooks.com