Life, 1893-12-28 · page 6 of 53
Life — December 28, 1893 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four commercial advertisements from what appears to be a late 19th-century issue of *Life* magazine: 1. **Whiting M'FG Co.** – A silversmith promoting solid sterling silver goods, featuring their trade mark (a lion) 2. **Hilton, Hughes & Co.** – Advertising massive price reductions on textiles and clothing 3. **Stern Bros.** – Promoting custom dressmaking services for "Reception, Ball and Bridal Costumes" 4. **Life Binder** – A subscription service notice for *Life* magazine itself The only illustrative element is a decorative trophy or vessel at top left, labeled as a "Sausumuska Corinthian Yacht Club Cup." The page demonstrates how *Life* magazine monetized space through luxury goods advertising to its affluent readership.
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Leh RE ® Solid Silver Exclusively. WE MAKE SOLID SAVER ONLY ANDO OF BUT ONE GRADE THAT OF STERLING AAS FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREECOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION $ IT SILVER OR 1S IT PLATED? IS NEVER RAISED STERLING WHITING M’F’G CQ Silversmiths, CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK Surwannana-Comntnian Yacut Cove Cur, won ey “Cinoeneuca.'* Broadway & 18th Street, Hilton, Hughes & Co. Successors to A. T. STEWART & CO. Immense Reductions IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. Silks, Dress Goods, Bric-a-Brac, Leather Goods, Cloaks and Wraps, Hats and Bonnets, at lower prices than have ever before obtained in New York. GRAND CENTRAL STATION in the centre of New York City. The Hudson River for one hun- dred and fifty miles. The beautiful Mohawk Valley in which are some of the finest landscapes in America. Niagara Falls, the world’s great- est cataract, The Adirondack Mountains, “the Nation's pleasure ground and Sanitarium, The Empire State Express, the fastest train in the world. The Thousand Islands, the fish- erman’s paradise. The New York and Chicago Lim- ited, the most luxurious train in the world. Area few of the many attractions NEW YORK CE * America’s Greatest Railroad.” NEW YORK. In their Dressmaking (on the third floor) are prepared to make to o1 at short notice Reception, Ball and Bridal Costumes of exclusive design, in the newest and choice} materials at Specially Low Prices West 23d CALL AND BE CONVINCED. NOTICE. LIFE BINDER. | Cheap, Strong and Durable. Will UBSCRIBERS TO“ LIFE” | hold 26 numbers. ; Mailed to any Broadway, Ath Are., will please give old address parts ofa ihe) United, States) (oy $th and 10th Sts.) | $1.00, postage free. as well as new when re- | postage fi questing change of same. Address Office of “ LIFE, 28 W. Twenty-third St., New York, COPYRSGNT VOR GREAT ORITAIN GY JAMES WEROERION UROEN THE ACT OF vent. comicbooks.com