Life, 1893-12-07 · page 16 of 16
Life — December 7, 1893 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement page**, not a satirical cartoon page. It showcases luxury goods and services aimed at wealthy American consumers, circa 1890s-1900s. **Key advertisers include:** - **Redfern** (top): High-end fashion house selling expensive silk bodices and tweeds - **Vino de Salud**: A "health wine" marketed with orientalist imagery (Moorish origins), reflecting period fascination with exotic remedies - **Higgins and Seiter**: Fine china and cut glass retailer - **Arnold Constable & Co.**: Oriental rugs, mounted animal skins, upholstery fabrics - **Rae's Lucca Oil**: Italian olive oil marketed as pure and superior - **Burlington Route**: Railroad advertising Chicago-St. Paul service **Social context**: The page reflects Gilded Age consumer culture—expensive imported goods, orientalism as luxury, and emphasis on "authenticity" and European provenance. Products target affluent urban dwellers willing to pay premium prices for quality and exclusivity.
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once more Moire Antique—j; favor. Admirably utilized by Redfern in his Winter Creations, Long Coats of this stylish material, lined fur, modelled on the redingote and paletot order of 1848. SILK BODICES, to wear under the heavy coats of the season—from $18.00. THE REDFERN TWEEDS, unobtainable elsewhere, made into stylish gowns, from $95. 210 Fifth Avenue, New York. VINO DE SALUD WINE OF HEALTH, Aa prepared by the old Moors of Gnaxapa from a recipe by the iLLusTRIOUS MOHAMED BEN HASSEN ‘This magnificent preparation fs of the purest Andalusian Wine with the most bealthful herbs, and is one of the greatest aids to health and longevity. A 8tomachic and Tonle for Aneamla, Malaria, Indi- gestion, Loss of Appetite, Lassitude and Weakness of the Digestive Organs. Sold by all Grocers and Druggists. SENO FoR Desoniptive CincuLaR. NEW YORK-Rocho & Co,, {120 Broadway & CHICAGO—A. W. Cobb & Co., 41 River Street, BOSTON—Maynard & Child, 102 State Street. SOLE PROPRIETORS, W. C. BEVAN & CO. Malaga Spain) EAU DE 481) COLOGNE AND TRANSPARENT GLYCERINE SOAPS: THE FINEST TOILET GOODS IMPORTED U. 8. Agents, MULHENS & KROPFY, N. ¥. es Lucca Oil tio - 4 large store devoted exclusively to the sale of HIGH CLASS CHINA, RICH CUT GLASS. ete. al prices one quarterless than elsewhere. Send Er catalogue, Mee. \ £ 5052 W. 22nd. St. New York. 170 Bellevue Ave. Newport: Rul sweetheart will appreciate this as GIRLS | a present. THE ROTARY HAT IRON. As necessary to the toilet i brush. the gas * not kept furnisher, w sent, by m receipt of CataLoour sext rnee. EDWIN B. STIMPSON & SON, 31 Spruce Street, New York. The Perfection - - of Olive OV GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY. PURE BY LEGHORN, ITALY. - Established 1836. Your father, brother, husband or ORIENTAL RUGS. PERSIAN, MOHAIR, INDIAN, OUSHAK. MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE RUGS, MOUNTED SKINS. Lion, Tiger and Jaguar Skins. One of the Richest Collections ever Offered. UPHOLSTERY FABRICS SPECIAL SELECTIONS. Tapestries, Wall Coverings, Curtain Materials. Broadway & 19th New York. Burlington ‘Route BEST LINE CHICAGO ano ST LOUIS ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS comicbooks.com