Life, 1896-12-10 · page 2 of 20
Life — December 10, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains four separate advertisements from the early 1900s: 1. **Stern Bros** (West 23rd St.) – department store selling decorative items 2. **The Wallace Company** (Fifth Avenue) – silverware at reduced prices for holiday shopping 3. **Arnold Constable & Co.** (Broadway) – women's and children's clothing 4. **Mr. C.D. Gibson's "Pictures of People"** – a book for sale at Life magazine's office 5. **American Waltham Watches** – watch manufacturer advertisement There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page. The Gibson illustration is simply a fashion figure promoting his book, not a political commentary. This represents typical magazine advertising from the period.
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Stern BroS are displaying in their Bric=a=-Brac Dep’t Exceptionally large and choice collections of -LIFE- Sterling... Silverware at Soenol) Constable K3Ca Ladies’ and ‘Children’s CLOAKINGS, | Real Bronzes, Greatly Reduced Prices. Carrara Marbles, Ladies’ Costume Cloths, Porcelains, A comprehensive assortment Curio Cabinets, of wares in Sterling Silver at Fancy Tables New and Reautiful Colorings. Zibeline Tweeds, Cheviots, Serges, Venetians, Mixed Meltons, and Desks. About One Half the Regular Price | Zibelines. Onyx Pedestals, Clock Sets, Rich Cut Glass, |’ Tantalus and Ligueur Sets to make room for Holiday Productions THE WALLACE Irish and Scotch Golf and Bicycle Cloths, Black and Colored Libled Corduroys for Jackets, COM PANY Silversmiths FIFTH AVENUE, between 26th and 27th Streets Also many articles very desirable as Gifts for Men West 23d St. | Proadoray & 19th ot. NEW YORK. | MR. C.D. GIBSON'S. NEW BOOK A meé ric. an “ PICTURES Waltham Watches OF are the best and most reliable PEOPLE” timekeepers made in America or in Europe. The * Riverside” and “Royal” trade-marks IS FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF ‘LIFE,’ especially rcommended. Look for one of these names on the movement plate. For sale by all Retail Jewelers. 19 WEST 31st ST., N.Y. Price FIVE Dollars. BY JAMES REMOEROON ME ACT OF 1801.