Life, 1894-06-28 · page 2 of 19
Life — June 28, 1894 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It features several late 19th-century advertisements: - **Whiting Mfg. Co.** (top): A silversmith advertising solid silver goods from their Broadway location in New York - **Flandau & Co.** (left): Carriage manufacturer promoting fine carriages and their spring stock inventory - **Hilton, Hughes & Co.** (center): Department store advertising dramatic price reductions on ladies' suits, china, glassware, and dinner sets across multiple locations in New York The page contains no political cartoons or caricatures. The decorative illustrations—classical urns, a horse-drawn carriage, ornamental vessels—are commercial design elements typical of period magazine advertising. This represents standard commercial content from *Life* magazine's advertising pages.
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“LIFE : Solid Silver Exclusively. STIEIRILING WHITING MPG Co. Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St. NEW YORK Handa, 372, 314,376 BROOME ST. FINE CARRIAGES For ‘Town and Country, at Lowest Prices. pera al sels in the World, We invite a critical inspec- tion by all intending purchasers, Large Stock Second Hand at Low Prices HILTON, HUGHES & CD. Successors to A. T. STEWART & CO. Immense Reductions in Every Department, PREPARATORY TO STOCK-TAKING. Ladies’ Suits. roduct of our own work- of manufacture. importation es’ Duck Suits, Tuxedo } 5° skit, |. + of oO ns in pretty Summer . white and colored Swiss, Fancy Crepons, Dimities, Drills, ete., ete : 1 10.°° “yD 15° ne-half price.) Satins, | English ban China and Glass Department. Underglaze, Decorated Chamber Toilet Sets. 4,8 ec. size wit graved flint ‘Table Tumblers, covered jar Regular price, $7.25. Regular price, $1.25 fecorated Dinner Sets. 130 pieces, } gold lined, J 15.°° to sell at 25.00.) THE ENTIRE BLOGK Broadway, 4th Ave., 9th and 10th Sts. The ‘ashionable land Graceful Efi now sought in the b,c not be had without)a especially suited to the p ent vogue The Classique Cors hand fashioned by the t skilled French makers, isu exclusively by the modi who set the fashion in world of dress and who k that the correct sured when the over the Classique ern Bro West Sole Importers. 23d St Comicbooks.com