Life, 1898-10-20 · page 2 of 20
Life — October 20, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains ads for: - **Stern Bros.** corsets (West 23rd St.) - **Theodore B. Starr** wedding stationery (Fifth Avenue) - **Arnold, Constable & Co.** French lingerie and silk petticoats (Broadway & 19th St.) - **Tiffany & Co.** sterling silver forks and spoons ($1.00/ounce) - **Gorham Mfg. Co.** wedding silver tea and dinner ware (Broadway & 19th St.) There is one small editorial piece titled "Club Men on a Train" describing a New York club's excursion to Chicago. **No political cartoons or satire appear on this page.** The content reflects typical early 20th-century Life magazine advertising aimed at upper-class consumers, with particular emphasis on wedding-related merchandise.
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Stern Bros. in directing attention to Their Fall Importations of their celebrated Classique Corsets desire to make special mention of Several New Models particularly adapted to the styles of costumes to be worn the coming) season West 23d St. Ns ole) Cobos Ladies’ Furnishings. C French Lingerie. Tea Gowns, Negligées, Fancy Eiderdown Bath Wrappers, Japanese Quilte, Peignoirs, Imported Tea Gowns, Silk Petticoats. Flannel and Crépon Matinées, Bridal Trousseaux Droadway L198 Atweet, NY CLUB MEN ON A TRAIN. WEDDING STATIONERY. Samples Furnished. * THEODOREB.STARR 206 Fifth Avenue, MADISON SQUARE, Extending through to 1126 Broadway. Several members of a New York Club describing a recen trip to Chicago on one of the New York Central's twenty. four hour trains, expresses the opinion that this service fur. nished all the accommodations of a first-class club, with the added advantage of the finest landscapes in the country an¢ an opportunity for the practical study of history and geog. raphy that is unsurpassed. Acopy of * America’s Great Resorts" will be gent free, postpaid, on receipt of ate’ cent stamp, by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grund Central Station, New York. In response to many inquiries Tiffany & Co. announce that they are still offering their current copy- righted patterns of sterling silver forks and spoons at the uniform price of $1.00 per Ounce. Cuts with exact weights sent upon request. ‘Tiffany & Co.’s products can be purchased only direct from their own establishment. Tiffany & Co. UNION SQUARE NEW YORK. Wedding Silver The Gorham Co., Silversmiths, have made unusual preparations for the Autumn Wedding Season, especially in the important lines of Tea and Dinner Ware A number of complete services, the result of the labor of many months, are exhibited for the first time. The facilities possessed by the Gorham Co, for the making of such wares in Sterling Silver are unequaled. The designing and manufacture are -under constant super- vision of a trained staff, which only ceases when the finished product meets the approval of an officer of the Company. GORHAM I1FG. CO. Silversmiths Broadway & 19th St. | 23 Maiden Lane COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNOER THE ACT OF 1801. comicbooks.com