Life, 1894-05-17 · page 17 of 18
Life — May 17, 1894 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** rather than a satirical cartoon page. It showcases luxury goods and patent medicines aimed at affluent readers circa the 1890s-early 1900s. The main items advertised include: - **Vin Mariani wine tonic**: A medicinal wine claiming to strengthen "body and brain," endorsed by famous celebrities (Émile Zola, Henry Irving, Fanny Davenport). This appears to be an early cocaine-containing patent medicine, marketed as a health elixir. - **Raleigh bicycles**: Promoted as champions at world's fairs. - **Photography equipment**: Trokonets glass plates and a Folding Kodak camera. - **Chester suspenders**: Advertised as the most comfortable. - **Liebig Extract of Beef**: A meat extract product claiming superior quality. - **Cut glass vase**: A luxury decorative item priced at $3.00. The page reflects late-Victorian consumer culture and the era's patent medicine marketing—before FDA regulation restricted such claims.
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