Life, 1896-12-03 · page 2 of 26
Life — December 3, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page consists entirely of **advertisements**, not editorial cartoons or satirical content. It contains five commercial ads: 1. **Stern Bros** - clothing retailer advertising women's coats and wraps on West 23rd Street 2. **The Wallace Company** - silversmith offering sterling silverware at reduced prices on Fifth Avenue 3. **Arnold Constable & Co** - silk merchant advertising fabrics for wedding gowns and bridesmaids' dresses on Broadway 4. **Mr. C.D. Gibson's "Pictures of People"** - a book advertisement priced at five dollars 5. **"Fables for the Times"** - a collection of modern fables with illustrations, priced at $1.25 The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture, featuring luxury goods marketed to affluent New York clientele. There is no satirical content to analyze.
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| - LIFE: Stern BroS . | di ttenti hei $ agian Sterling... | Very Desirable , Garments Silverware LYONS SILKS, in their | a at Plain & Brocaded Moire Anti > % tine, 4 Ladies ; Brocaded Metul Effects. at) : i Cloak Dept’s| Greatly Reduced Prices. | aici winre sixs consisting of » Cloth and Velour ' Empire Coats Street, Evening About One Half the Regular Price Fancy Silks and Gaze, and Reception to make room for for Bridesmaids’ Dresses Wraps Holiday Productions PIM’S PLAID POPLINS, : Lyons Silk & Wool Moir Veloui, . White Satin, Moiré Antique A comprehensive assortment Moiré Velouté, White Faile, of wares in Sterling Silver at White Brocades, for Wedding Gowns. Driving Coats oat é , TH E WALLACE and Silk and Wool Novelties. ty) apes Grenadine, Gaze, Crepe de Ching, at COM PANY Silversmiths ener LYONS VELVETS. Low Prices FIFTH AVENUE, between 26th and 27th Stteets Broadway & 49th at. Exceptionally West 23d St. ; NEW YORK, “FABLES FOR THE MR. (. D. GIBSON’S A ssllecten cf. modern REWIBOOK fables taken from Lz/e. Written by H.W. Pur- “PICTURES Lips and “iilueerared by OF twenty full-page drawings by T. S. Surtivant. PEOPLE” Large quarto, attractive- | ly bound in illuminated covers, and for sale by the publishers, R. H. Russell and Son, 33 Rose Street, Price FIVE Dollars, N. Y., or at the Office of Life Publishing Company. Price, $1.25. IS FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF “LIFE,” 19 WEST 31st ST.,N. Y. COPYRIGNT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JANES HENDERSON comicbooks.com