Life, 1894-09-27 · page 14 of 16
Life — September 27, 1894 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It's a typical early 20th-century magazine advertisement spread featuring: **Main Ads:** - **Redfern** (top): A ladies' tailor advertising European fashions - **W.L. Douglas Shoes**: Emphasizing affordable quality and value ("$3 shoe") - **W. Baker & Co. Cocoa**: Highlighting purity (no alkalies or chemicals) - **Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.**: Architectural woodwork services - **Buttermilk Shaving Stick**: A personal grooming product - **Cutler Mailing System**: An office innovation for mail collection **The only illustration with a figure** shows a man's portrait next to the Douglas shoe ad—likely W.L. Douglas himself, used as a trademark/trust-builder. **Modern context:** These ads emphasize manufacturing efficiency, product purity, affordability, and emerging technology (elevators, mail systems)—reflecting late 19th/early 20th-century consumer concerns about industrialization and quality assurance.
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LADIES’ TAILOR. _ Mr. Reprern has just returned from visiting his European Establishments, and cordially invites ladies to inspect his novelties in COATS = DRESSES = CAPES = Etc. ORIGINAL STYLES. PERFECT FIT. Novelties in Dress Weight Rough Meltons. Evening Dresses at Reasonable Prices. NEW YORK. Unlike the Dutch Process [ATTN @ | = oe No Alkalies rs Other Chemicals E f are used in the 2 preparation of W. BAKER & CO’S tehich is absolutely NNOUNCE to all who } pure and soluble. contemplate Building || Ithas more cotimes i y 2 Hl the strenyth a mixed or Renovating ( ot oF seats more eco “s . nomleal, corting tess than one cent @ cup. HOTELS, OFFICE BUILDINGS = It 13 delicious, nourishing, and EASILY NG . DIGESTED. . _ or RESIDENCES Lf g T Sold by Grocers everywhere. Wy besmes . that they intend to devote part of their extensive works to ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK Fie CABINET WORKe! INTERIOR FINSHI ‘W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. 7 Vane wet HOTEL of acres | ss me VENDOME © veastted, BOSTON wes. | C,H. Greentear & Co \ .L. DoucLas 3 SHOE wsscceine $5. CORDOVAN, FRENCH& ENAMELLED CALF. $4,359 FINECALFEKANGARI $3.59 POLICE,3 Soues. $2. WORK $2 mh PIHNSHENS $231.75 BoysScHooLSHOES, DIES- m SENO FOR CATALOGUE W-L°DOUGLAS, ss BROCKTON, MASS. You can save money by wearing tho W. L. Douglas 83.00 Shoe. Beenuse, wo are tho largest manufacturers of this grade of shoes in the world, and guarantee thelr value by stamping the name and price on the Dottom, which protect you against high prices and the middleman’s profits. Our shoes equal custom work in utyle, easy fitting and wearing qualities, We have 22.15 cold everywhere at lower prices for the value givca than any other make, Take no sub- stitute, If your dealer cannot supply you. we can. Comfortable Shaving. “I find that shaving is a real pleasure now, when I used to think it a daily drudge.” Buttermilk SHAVING STICK has just the healing and cooling qual- ities the skin demands. Special! We would like to send yous sauipie Stick, full size, for 10c., post-paid, COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP CO., The elevator makes high oflice buildings possible. The Cutler Pat. Mailing Sys- tem U. S. MAIL CHUTE enables the P.O. Dep’t to collect their mail. If not fully informed about this modern postal service, let us send you our circular. THE CUTLER MFG. CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y., Over GOO In Use. SOLE MAKERS.