Life, 1896-11-05 · page 2 of 24
Life — November 5, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising** from the early 1900s, not political satire. It contains advertisements for: - Gorham Manufacturing Company silverware - Hartford Rubber Works tires - Arnold Constable & Co. home furnishings - Stern Bros. department store clothing - Life Publishing Company's own products The only illustration with potential satirical content is the **Hartford Tires advertisement**, which shows a figure on a bicycle wheel. The accompanying text uses the humorous phrase "bad roads turn to good ones" — likely a playful exaggeration typical of period advertising rather than political commentary. The page primarily showcases how *Life* magazine sustained itself through lucrative advertisements rather than through editorial content alone.
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Reproductions of Colonial Silverware After Paul Revere and other early American Silversmiths are an im- portant feature in the annual fall exhibition of the Gorham Mg. Co., Silversmiths, Broadway & 19th Street, ~ Fifth Avenue & 26th Street. 23 Maiden Lane. WWW | v8 GN p SINGaL Il i IRS Ride HARTFORD TIRES and bad roads turn to good ones. The TIRES are built that way. THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS CO, HARTVORD, CONN “FABLES FOR THE TIMES.” A collection of modern fables taken from Life. Written by H.W. Pur- yirs and illustrated by twenty full-page drawings by T. S. Suttivant. Large quarto, attractive- ly bound in illuminated covers, and for sale by the publishers, R. H. Russell and Son, 33 Rose Street, N. Y., or at the Office of Life Publishing Company. Price, $1.25. Novel designs and colorings for Fall furnisig Oriental Rugs, Persian Carpets, Indian Carpets ur Finely mownted | TIGER. ee FOL, NCE SKINS. Upholstery. Lace Curtains, Embroidered Nets, Portieres, Tapestries, Wall Coverings. Curtain Materials, Broadany 1916 NEW YORK. Furniture Sj Framed Proofs f LIFE ROOFS of any of the original drawings from LIFE will be furnished, suitably and daintily framed, on application. Large double- page drawings, including frame and transportation within 100 miles from New York City, $4.00, Smaller drawings, $2.00, Proofs without frames at half the above prices. Make selections from files of LIFE and | orders will be promptly filled, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 and 21 West sist Street, New York City. COP TRIGNT FOR GREAT mT Am OY shuan WeNOENDN UROER THE BOF OF V0, Stern Bro (Third Floor) Order Department Ladies’ - Tailor-made Walking, Golf and Bicycle Q Suits of select English and Scotch Costume Cloths Also | Driving and Walking ‘ \ts tractive Prict