Life, 1897-12-09 · page 2 of 20
Life — December 9, 1897 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising with no visible political cartoon or satirical content**. The page consists entirely of commercial advertisements from late 19th-century New York businesses, including: - Waltham Watch Company (timepieces) - Arnold, Constable & Co. (upholstery and lace curtains) - James McCreery & Co. (silk sales) - Tiffany & Co. (ladies' watches) - B. Altman & Co. (holiday novelties) - Brewster & Co. (carriages and wagons) While this *is* from **Life magazine**, a publication known for satire and humor, this particular page contains no editorial cartoons, jokes, or satirical commentary—only luxury goods advertisements targeting wealthy New York consumers of the period.
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LIFE: Waltham Watches! ‘A gncld Made by the American Waltham Watch) Company are the best and most reliable timekeepers made in this or For sale by all jewelers. Ladies’ Watches For Christmas Gifts. Tiffany & Co. invite attention to their collection | of iadies’ watches, which | for novelty, excellence of | design and decoration of the cases, are unequalled. The movements of these watches insure time-keep- ing qualities equal to their beauty. Each watch bears the name of Tiffany & Co. andcarries their guarantee. Tiffany & Co. UNION SQUARE NEW YORK UPHOLSTERY. Wall Coverings, Tapestries, and Damasks, English Glazed ae” ‘anels, Portieres, Draperies. Lace Curtains. Special orders solicited and estimates furnished. Sdroadway SC 19th Street. | NENW YORK. SILK SALE BROADWAY AND ELEVENTH STREET STORE. 20,000 yards of Novelty Silks, in Street and Evening Shades,—with Taffetas or Satin ground, 50 cts, 75 cts and $1.00 per yard. Those marked 75 cts specially attractive, 50 Pieces of Plain Striped Silk Velvets, 75 cents per yard. 2000 Lengths,—16 yards and under,—of Rich Plain and Fancy Black Silks, $1.00 per yard and upwards. Colored and Roman JAMES McCREERY & CO. Broadway and 11th St. %. Altman & Oo. HOLIDAY NOVELTIES Figures; Pedestals, Curio an- #€ Cabinets, Enamels, Minia- In Sevres Vases, Bits Porcelains, Clocks, M tel Sets, Marble Busts and tures, Dutch Silver, Ivories, Etc., Etc., Etc. Also Articles in Sterling Silverware and Cut Glassware— Sterling Silver mounted. NINETEENTH ST. & SIXTH AVE. COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES KEMDERIOR Bhe Popular S THE USUAL HOLIDAY OF THINGS GOOD 1 (collected abroad by Mr. McHugh) tw and plainly marked at reasons races. NGLISH. Secretaries, Work Tables Screens of Mahoga Tab Preside Seats of Carved Oak, ae and **Della Robbia" FRENCH Cabinets for W lovel Colorings in Malacc Phen Cyprus’! Pottery in Ratians es orte S Oaken Platter Rack : ers, Old Time Hanging Clocks ar, land; “Holland” Pottery from Uti Deitt and The Hague; Painted nd Panels from Amsterd H Beaten Brass Placques ewter Plates, Mugs aod tere IAN. Silver and Brass Tal Fd Sconces and Flower V. ‘ases, The good Wicker don Draught Screens, the * ty” Vel vet Cushions and the Cemfortable Ta Seats. E27 Leisurely Inspection és Cordialy| vited. JOSEPH P. McHUGH & CO. Wall Papers and “Li Fabrics BREWSTER & C0. (of Broomo Strect,) Broadway, 47th to 48th St NEW YORIKK. ROAD WAGONS. The Acknowledged Standart It having been brought to out notice that we are being cot founded with a defunct conc formerly advertising a s name, we would inform the public that we are still at th above location, where we hast been for over twenty-five yeas