Life, 1898-06-02 · page 19 of 20
Life — June 2, 1898 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. It consists of product advertisements from circa 1898, including: - **Esterbrook Steel Pens** (writing instruments) - **Genuine Farina Cologne** (German fragrance) - **Waverley Bicycle** ($50, marketed as simple/reliable) - **Vici Leather Dressing** (shoe polish) - **Beeman's Pepsin Gum** (claimed to cure indigestion) - **D. Leiden Rhine and Moselle Wines** - **Garford, Hunt and Brown Saddles** (equestrian equipment) - **Olympian Games** (referencing saddle quality) The left side features "Café Chantant," a stylized Art Nouveau illustration of a woman in an elegant pose—typical period magazine artwork. The advertisements reflect **late-19th-century consumer culture**: emphasis on mechanical innovation (bicycles), European luxury goods (cologne, wine), patent medicines, and leisure products. No political message is evident; this is commercial content typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model.
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THE BEST PENS ARE FSTERBROOK'S LEADING NUMBERS: 048, 14, 130, 239, 313, Al, 556. PENS fon every punrose. FOR SALE BY ALL STATIONERS. tee Esterbrook Steel PenCo. 26 John St.,N.¥. Works, Camden, N. J. a= is the Cologne of the world par excellence. Every bottle bears the label “Johann Maria Farina, gegenuber dem Julichs-Ptatz."" Imitations may cok Weatical, Sar cannot bear the word “ gegenuber.” Bchieflelin & Co., New York, Sole Agents, Simplicity 1898 Waverleys are marvels of me- chanical construction and skill, yet so simple any childcan understand and care for then. Waverley Bicycle $5Q Resnit of concentrating all effort in ove model. The Waverley Catalogue fs free. Indiana Bicycle D LEIDEN, Cologne on the Rhine, RHINE AND MOSELLE WINES, 2) For Sale by PARK & TILFORD, Sole Agent, C. H. ARNOLD, 27 South William Street, New York. NOTICE. Sabseribers to LIFE will please gi as new when requesting change of 0 of address should reach us Thursday morn- Vict Leather Dressing not only polishes any kind of shoes but makes them son. Tho more you use It the better your thoes will look and the longer they will wear. Itisu medicine W for leather—leather lives upon It. It Is not an nel, therefore it aaj 8 not peel off por crack the shoe. the makers of Vici Kid, the most leather in the world. A book that bout buying, wearing and caring ree. OERDERER, Philadelphia, Pa. CHENV BEEMAN’S THE ORIGINAL PEPSIN GUM Cures Indigestion and Sea-Sickness, All Others are Iaitaticns, Were national events, and made heroes of the eaccessfal con- testan {| GARFORD, HUNT and BROWN SADDLES, More then three-quarters of the riders of America ride them be- caune of their ruperiority tn Kena: 1 nd Materials used, and 1 Qualities Bead for