Life, 1895-03-14 · page 2 of 18
Life — March 14, 1895 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or editorial content. It features multiple commercial advertisements from late 19th or early 20th-century New York businesses: - **Whiting M'FG Co**: Solid sterling silver goods from Broadway & 18th Street - **Hilton, Hughes & Co**: A grocery delivery service offering fine foods - **Stern Bros**: Advertising spring importations of French trimmed hats and bonnets for "Theatre, Reception and Street Wear" on West 23rd Street - **Raymond & Whitcomb**: Travel excursions "Beyond the Rockies" The decorative silver serving pieces illustrated at top right exemplify the luxury goods being marketed. This is a typical Life magazine page mixing travel, fashion, and household goods advertising for affluent urban consumers of the era.
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We axe Soutp Sitver onty i. OF STERLING QUALITY fA INE; 7 7 VERY ARTICLE BEARING OUR TRADE-MAKK. YREEDOM FROM PALSE IMPRESSIONS. (Exclusively.) TRADE ST EIR GONG WHITING MFG Co Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St., NEW YORK. RRAYMON D’s VACATION EXCURSIONS 5 Hlton, ae EXPENSES INCLUDED. . Ti 4 Totughes ~@) Stern Bro ¢ Successors to A. T. STEWART & CO., Broadway, 4th Avenoe, 9th and 10th Streets, We deliver Groceries “by Xpress, free of charge within too shipping mit s. French Tri Trimmed large fruit, fine ay | | ets. River Salmon S$ tks—one | we count 60 prunes solid piece cut fro: tender- | He t lb. carton........ J loin oftheésh—ea sean 92.10 AWS and Ine tars, for Magnificent Sight hot or cold ; 18 cts or t-lb. B t a] flat.can ; go as follows: per doz. Nod. A 7% Days? Tel through New ze. handsome figs ¢ 529 cts | "Finest quality 13 can! por. doz logether with Finest quality Canada) High-Class . me abros ) Mexico, California, the Pacific Northwest, | in 2-Ib. boxes, box... Shrimp—enclosed in bags | Sho contact withtasazets, ¢ $2.60 | Lobsters —enclosed in are now exhibiting their Spring Importati ns of Finest quality Stewing | Finest quality ‘clumbia BEYOND THE ROCKIES Parties will leave New York in Sp Pullman Vestibuled Traton with | quality. Turk Alaska, Montana, and the Yellowstone Na: 5 Days’ Trip, the same as No. lask = Trip through New Mex: ico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. mins parchment paper, tail and | N | 2 emite c) is d \- 3, cl ieces . ND’ 1 athe Vosemite Valley may be visited in con-] Genuine French Sardines ) Claw pieces only: nothing | $2 90/ Novelties Nov 4. “A 46 Dave" Teip acrow the Conti. --"* French,” not * Portu- | 1 | ets. finer; 25 cts. t-lb flit can; nentand to Alaska, outward by the Canadian gues racked i | | per doz... J of their own design, Pacific Railroad, and homeward through the Fine quality N. Y. State} Yellowstone National Park. ey: Nek te mtak) | Additional California Tourand Tours Sugar Com, sweet. tender, | for Theatre, to Florida in March; also tonrs to Eu: Choice quality, extra ca $I 43) milky, white; solid pack } $2. 00 rope, Hawaiian Islands, China and] No, 1 Cloucester Mackere! and a great bargain at 9 cts. * Reception and Japan. per to-lb, kit....... can; $1.02 doz ; case 2 doz. = Street Wear. Independent Railroad and Steamship Tiokets to all pol ef Seed for doncrtptin mentioning the par] In our Harness Dept. you can in many instances save 50 per cent. in prices. 4 4 Ra aay fouRtceyta gineen . West 23d St Lincoln Building. Union Square. New York. Buggy Harn! . ‘$12 50 stable Blankets, from... (6 cts. 296 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS, from . 20 SOUTH TENTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. i} RT van,