Life, 1897-08-12 · page 2 of 20
Life — August 12, 1897 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire or cartooning. The top half contains ads for consumer products: Vin Mariani wine (marketed as a health tonic), Whitman's chocolates, Ed. Pinaud's mouthwash, bicycles, and resort hotels. These reflect late 19th/early 20th-century consumer culture. The lower half advertises the **Adirondack Mountains** as a tourist destination and promotes **Life Publishing Company's framed proofs** of original artwork—available in gilt or Japanese oak frames at various prices. The only illustration with a figure shows a fashionably-dressed woman advertising the framing service, but she's not a political caricature—simply a marketing image typical of the era. This is a straightforward commercial page rather than satirical content.
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VIN MARIANI MARIANI WINE—THE IDEAL FRENCH TONIC—FOR BODY AND BRAIN. “VIN MARIANI GIVES TO BODY AND BRAIN RENEWED VITALITY, IT IS THE SUPREME REMEDY FOR ALL WHO ARE OVERWORKED.” JULES CLARETIE. Write to MARIANI & CO. for Descriptive Book, 75 PORTRAITS. Fama aRd Haommann, 62 WIS STs Indorsements and Autographs of Celebritien PARFUMERIE \ patent flush joiss ED. PINAU D,|\i) i 37BOULEVARD OE STRASBOURG, PARIS. features. find fresh delight in every piece of wt AN EXQUISITE ANTISEPTIC MOUTH WASH. ° 9~ 2\| & INSURES HARD GUMS,WHITE TEETH.AND SWEET BREATH. WAIEI1A17S 8 Serene wn £0. PINEUB'S' attaran once ses re Chocolates and Confections ‘Ask for them. Summer Resorts RiseT ON THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN. ee ___| HOTEL PRESTON, ” oo BEACH BLUFF, Mass. HOTEL VENDOME-BOSTON , ovis tuze: 2 it tls ton, Entirely remodeled this year, For Accessible location, excellent table, prompt circulars, ete., address, service. F. H. NUNNS, Proprietor. Hotel Nottingham, Boston. Framed Proofs of THE... ADIRONDACK. ... Originals g “THE GREAT NORTH WOODS.” F y } f A marvelous wilderness, abounding ia e , beautiful lakes, rivers and brooks, filled with tty the greatest variety of fish. An immense extent of primeval forest. QROOFS of any of the original where game of all kinds is to be found. drawings from LIFE will be This wonderful region—located in Northern furnished on application, suitably New York—is reached from Chicago by all and daintily framed in cithera gilt lines, in connection with the New York Cen- or a Japanese oak frame. Large tral; from St. Louis by all lines in connection double-page proofs, including frame with the New York Central; from Cincinnati and transportation within one hun- by all lines in connection with the New York dred miles of New York, $4.00. Central; from Montreal by the New York Single - page, or smaller proofs, Central; from Boston by a through car over $2.00, Proofs without frames at the Boston & Albany, in connection with the half the above rates. New York Central; from New York by the Make selections from files of through car lines of the New York Central; LIFE, and state, when ordering, from [Buffalo and Niagara Falls by the New the particular style of frame de- York Central. sired, and orders will be promptly Sa filled. A garpage folder and map entitled “The Adi- = a-cent stamp by George H. Daniels, General Pas- trations In LIF senger Agent, New York Central & Hudson River No! Railroad, Grand Central Station, New York, —=—= LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, >-—=—=% 19 and 21 West 31st St. es New York City. . . « c= ‘omicbooks.com