Life, 1894-04-26 · page 19 of 20
Life — April 26, 1894 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon spread. It contains various product advertisements typical of the era (appears to be 1890s-early 1900s based on bicycle and product styles). The notable content includes: **Crescent Bicycles** advertisement emphasizing quality and affordability—bicycles were major consumer goods and status symbols of this period. **The Cutler Mailing System** ad plays on "Hard Times" (economic depression), pitching an office mail system that lets tenants mail letters without leaving their floor—a practical innovation for modern office buildings. **Liebig's Extract of Beef** uses "Baron Liebig" (a real 19th-century chemist) to market beef extract, emphasizing how democratized a once-expensive luxury product has become through mass production. Other ads promote china, bicycles, corsets, chocolate, and mattresses. The page reflects consumer culture and technological progress of the Gilded Age, with products marketed as modern conveniences and quality goods for aspiring middle-class readers.
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apres 29: ss PMENS 5 No 2 GRESCENTS ARE HIGH ‘GRADE, The advantages of experience, unlimited facilities, and the desire to make the best bicycle on earth for the least money, have enabled us to place a new line of Bi- cycles on ihe market that are not equaled by any listing at or near their prices. We also make the CRESCENT SCORCHER, hav- ing the same frame as Crescent No. 1, the weight being reduced to 25 pounds by substituting wood rims, Palmer or M. & W. light roadster tires and Scorcher Saddle. Price, $90. Our practical catalogue shows every part of the Crescent Bicycles. Send for one. WESTERN WHEEL WORKS, fiwonx. | HIGGINSK SEITER (. : FINE CHINA. == Rich Cut GLAss. 50~52 W. 22nd.St. NewYork. id Bellevue Ave. . Newport. RL : A> Golden brown border patt se WWW gold traced handles. Vyas good Bilel sets, nicely decorated, with Far $4.75. Glassware, Jardinieres, etc. at 25% less than pis SEND FOR CATALOGUE OR CALL AT STORE. Cont 5845 =| Hard Times! Yes, but a good time to cater to the best tenants, and THEY want to mail letters [yrs now cone tn 600 bulld. : A ir | lags. under authorization of Act of without leaving their Cangress, with the CUTLER PATENT office floor. MAILING SYSTEM or U.S. MAIL aaa aad Readily supplied to most completed buildings. Write for circulars, etc., to THE CUTLER MFG. CO., SOLE MAKERS. 26 EXCHANGE ST., ROCHESTER, N.Y. We might help you to keep a good tenant, & 80 S.VINEN LINEO NOTICE. GQ UBSCRIBERS TO“ LIFE” will please give old address } as well as new when re- | questing change of same. { CHUTE. Letters mailed in any story. | BERGDORF & VOIGT, Ladies’ Tailors and Furriers, are prepared to show the newest styles of this Spring, and many of them designs not to be found elsewhere. A perfect fit is always guaranteed, and prices are unusually low. 125 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. Bet. igth and 2oth Streets, FRALEIGH NM aitverrs «tm AllWorld’s Championships OF ‘02 AND ‘93 WERE WON, Emetaaeetint tert ulpitest cheat Known. “Tee bag For cattlogue adaiean : J 90813 t= Avs, New Youx. THe raion. te cele ire A yeti ‘Huvenrors ap Sous Rourrs, - rar itesen stuffed; down is otto proieniG AIR MATT ‘This mattress isthe or eonterr 7 tealtyteeles gee ET rs iby MEOAL AT SHE WORLD'S S coLUMBIAN, EXPOSITION. amneree METROPOLITAN, AIR, GOODS CO. eseseseseseseSesesesesesesese When Baron Liebig, the great chemist, first discovered and made Extract of Beef, the cost of a single pound of it was about $14.00, Now, millions of jars of his world-famed Liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beef foc Seseseseseseseseseseseseseses are sold at_less than one- sixth of its first cost. Get the genuine with this signature in blue: comicbooks.com