Life, 1894-11-01 · page 2 of 18
Life — November 1, 1894 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Advertisement Page from Life Magazine This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire or comics. It features multiple commercial advertisements from late 19th or early 20th-century New York businesses: - **Whiting Mfg Co** (silversmiths) advertises sterling silver goods, featuring an ornate silver trophy labeled "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Foot Ball Trophy" - **E.A. Morrison & Son** promotes toilet articles and grooming supplies - **Hilton, Hughes & Co.** sells women's stockings and furniture with significant discounts (40% off parlor suits) - **Stern Bros** advertises ladies' dresses and dressmaking services The only illustrative element is the decorative silver urn/trophy at top. There is no political cartoon, satire, or humor—this is a straightforward commercial advertising page typical of magazine layout from this era.
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ESGNED AND mace oY NWITING MIFIG CO. Tue ‘ Brooxtys Dairy Eacre”™ Foor Batt. Troruy. Solid Silver Exclusively. Waltine M’rc Co Silversmiths, We saxe Soup Sitver oxty, OF STERLING QUALITY My rine: BP even anricun BEARING OUR TRADEAARK ; THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM PROM FALSR IMPRESSIONS, Broadway & 18th St., NEW Y ORK. E. A. Morrison & Son Announce that their Fancy Goods department has been removed to the 19th Street part of the Store, considerably enlarged and newly furnished, and contains a very superior stock of Toilet Articles, comprising a rich assortment of French and English Hair Brushes and Mirrors, with Ivory, Fancy Wood, Sterling Silver and Sliver-plated backs, Tooth and Nail Brushes, Real Shell and Buffalo Horn Dressing Combs, Powder Boxes and Atomizers, 803 BROADWAY. N.B.—Our Carriage Entrance on 1oth St. opens directly into this department. HILTON, HUGHES & C0. Successors to A. T. STEWART & CO. Ladies’ Lisle Thread _ |The Pruning Knife has been applied Stocki to our ockings, * inc Ssh: leu Si Gala oc Furniture. Lavender Tops, Ribbed and -19C.|Fine Upholstered Parlor Suits Vlain, Wholesale Price, §0 cts. ° cut 40 Y, PARLOR SUITS, Former Prices, Children’s C.G. French Ribbed Black Cotton Stockings, Wholesale price 70c. new retail price 3§c. * 100, * 45¢. Present Prices, Ladies’ Imported Swiss Ribbed Wool Vests, all styles, White, Natural and Black. Wholesale, 1.25, new retail, - - - - 69¢. Boys’ Ribbed Merino Shirts and Drawers, wholesale price, 50c., new retail’ = age. | THE ENTIRE BLOCK, Broadway, 4th Ave, 9th and 10th Sts. Tare rem Tints BERENSON NOUN THE ACT OF tant, Stern Bro,} direct attention to their exceptionally large and choice collection of Ladies’ Dirresses made in their own workroos of the most fashionable materials and trimmings. And in their Dressmaking Dep’t are prepared to make to crdar Costumes, Tea Gowns and Corsages, after the latest and most desi Paris models, aiso those of their own designers. comicbooks.com