Life, 1897-05-06 · page 17 of 20
Life — May 6, 1897 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains product advertisements from the 1890s era, including: - **Armour's White Soap** and **Williams' Shaving Soaps** — hygiene products - **Violettes du Czar perfume** — a French luxury fragrance - **Waverley Bicycles** — priced at $60, marketed as improved 1896-1897 models with "perfect bearings" and "beautiful finish" - **Hartford Single Tube Tires** — bicycle equipment with branch stores listed - Various other products: Blair's Pills (gout/rheumatism remedy), luggage, a tailor, and beauty treatments The bicycle and tire ads reflect the 1890s cycling craze. There is **no visible political cartoon or satire** on this page — it's a straightforward commercial section titled "Of Whom to Buy," typical of *Life* magazine's business directory format during this period.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
* LIFE: p OF WHOM TO BUY. CLOTHING .... a Established 184, e MENRY KEEN, Tallor, Wh ite Soap. 114 High Holborn, London, W. C. An absolutely pure, snow-white, floating soap, For toilet, Bla ir’ Ss Pi Il Ss bath, nursery and fine laundry work. Cleanses Great English Remedy tor thoroughly and leaves the skin soft as velvet, SOAP GOUT and RHEUMATISM. SAPE, SURP, EFFECTIVE, Made in two sizes—a S-cent cake, which is most pina Deoepiety. or 224 William St, New Vor wr. suitable for nursery and toilet, and a larger cake for laundry and bathroom use. N 7 (ROUCH & NN OLETTES,, CZAR io Fitzoerel? (¢? CONCENTRATED | Fe PERFUMES L. ae. 44, place de la Madeleine, PARIS EE EE Se a eS "and so closely have d that even dealers are Schletfelin & Co., New York, Sole Agents. hid ANN New York Boston Philadelphia Free 3 HarTFoRDRee Buffalo From ' eee ae Tikes ko Car’ ¢ ing is int cost of new he Realized Dream of Penfedion, are the riders of Waverley Bicycles. The ‘96 model, greatly improved, is now sold at a price popular with all. For those who marks are unpleasant and want the very best, none better than the new 1897 Waverley Bicycle BIRTH gaiplonist Wendbuty, 7 can be found. Perfect bearings, beautiful finish and the acme of w. is Semoves birthmarks f mechanical skill. The price is $100. Send for a Catalogue. end, a i fia blemishes rae ee od INDIANA BICYCLE @O., Indianapolis, Indiana. either Woodbuty's Facial Soap oF Facial Cream. STANAWS