Life, 1895-06-27 · page 2 of 21
Life — June 27, 1895 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The upper half features an advertisement for **Whiting Mfg Co.**, a New York silversmith, showcasing a solid silver dish depicting the "Corinthian Yacht Club, won by 'Oweene.'" The image shows an ornate circular plate with a sailing yacht in relief. The lower section contains advertisements for **Anheuser-Busch brewing** and **Hamilton, Houckes & Co.** clothing merchants, along with product descriptions for shirt waists and suits. The photograph shows what appears to be a casual social gathering, likely meant to evoke leisure and consumption—typical advertising imagery of the era. There is no apparent political satire or social commentary on this page; it functions as a commercial publication space.
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Designed and made by Solid Silver (Exclusively.) WHITING Mr’c Co. Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St., Whiting M''g Co. ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS’N, Celebrated Brands of Bottled Beer. BUDWEISER, ANHEUSER-BUSCH PALE, FAUST, WHITE LABEL EXQUISITE. For the Yac expressly for Fam securely packed. New York City. the Camp, the Sea Shore and the Mountains. Bottled at the Brewery, and Club use, Forwarded to any address in four to ten dozen packages, Send for price list to 0. MEYER & CO., sole Agents, 24-27 West Street, NEW BROADWAY ° Oth 10thSes. FOURTH AVE. YORK. Successors roAT.Siewanr & Co, WE DON’T DO BUSINESS FOR FUN Some of the dealers doubt it—can't co prehend how such little prices o isn’t money lost. Plenty of other those same dealers—perhaps. SHIRT WAISTS— SUITS Suited for the sultry Summer time. Suited just as nicely to the vacation pocketbuok, It's as if a new Columbus had discov- | ered a new world—a new merchandise world the way we are making dimes do | delightfully what queerly. WAISTS Waists of fine ite lawn, 10 pleats back and from, Doe, e Waists of fine white lawn, trimmed with em: broidery down front and 2 pleats, yoke back, crusbed collar, #1. quarters used to do Waists of fine white lawn, 10 pleats front and back, collar and cuffs of fine hemstitched em- broidery, 1.25. Waists of fine white lawn, 10 pleats back and front, trimmed with embrotéery on collar, cufts and down front, 61.25, Waists of fine white lawn 3 rows of Swiss i sertion down front, crushed collar, yoke bac! and cuffs trimmed with one insertion, 1.75. Waists of very fine white lawn, trimmed with 2 rows of insertion across front, reveres of fine wide embroidery over shoulders, crushed collar, yoke back, cuffs trimmed with 2 rows of insertion, $3.75, Second Floor, Fourth Avenue. COPTRGRT TOR GAEAT OniTAn OY GAMES RERDERIOS VADER TRE ACT OF 109K, in standard goods can be if thei things that we'll soon be teachii suITs Dresses of pretty lawn and percate, with & waist and skirt of full sweep. ‘elaborat embroidered or teather stitched with c , Eton and blazer pique and duck Suits thissq son's goods, some white, o:hers figured striped in ety coloring $1.50; origins 4 85. ts, very fine all wool serge, rip} full sweep skirt, blue and blag frem $17.50. Eton Suits of fine all-wool blue and black scr full sweep sk ally $14.so.and Tan colored duck Blazer Suits, just the thi to travel in, won't show dirt marks, large ft | 4.75; the $5 kind | Second Flour, Broadway. | MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Take any of it. Take a yard stid Measure the muslin, measure the stitching Then figure a bit. Imagine perpets4 motion, guided by an autumaton, back 4 all the work—and you'll still marvel these absurdly little prices can be. | you used to wonder how a one cent new paper could be or a ten cent magazit4 Makes all the difference in the wo what the management is, what the bes ness methods are. We make a profit on this Muslin Und: wear, Very likely you can't see h most of the merchants don’t. comicbooks.com