Life, 1914-12-17 · page 6 of 40
Life — December 17, 1914 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **not a cartoon or satirical content**—it's a **Christmas gift advertisement** from Gorham, a major American silversmith and goldsmith company. The page lists hundreds of luxury gift items available for the 1914 Christmas season, including silverware sets, jewelry, leather goods, and decorative pieces. The advertisement emphasizes that "Gorham Prices fit every purse," suggesting products at various price points. The three instances of the Gorham name in elegant script serve as branding. The company's address (Fifth Avenue and Maiden Lane in New York) appears at bottom. This is straightforward commercial advertising with no political or satirical content—it represents early 20th-century luxury retail marketing in a prestigious publication.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
(yorkam For Christmas 1914 Novel and Useful Gifts Platinum—Gold—Silver Silver Plate—Leather—Bronze Sculpture—Stationery THIS LIST SHOWS A FCW OF THE ITEMS OFFERED FOR SELECTION: After-Dinner Coffee Sets" Almond Dishes Baby Sets* Bangles Bar Pins Bead Bags Birthmonth Sets* Bon Bon Baskets Book Ends Book Marks Bottle Openers Brandy and Soda Sets* Bread Trays Brooches Cafe Parfait Sets* Candlesticks Candy Boxes Canes Card Cases Chafing Dishes Cheese Dishes and Servers Children’s Sets* Cigar Magazines with Humidors Cigar Sets* Cigarette Cases Cocktail Pails Cocktail Sets* Coin Purses Collarettes Colognes Corkscrews Crochet Needles Crosses Decanters Desk Sets* Dress Sets* Embroidery Hoops Eyegtass Cases Finger Rings Fitted Suit Cases Fitted Week End Cases Flasks Flower Baskets Food Pushers Fruit Sets* Glove Boxes * Where sets are mentioned, the individual pieces as well are (or sale. Hand Bags Handkerchief Boxes Highball Sets* Iced Tea Sets* Jam Jars and Trays Jewel Boxes Knives, Forks and Spoons Lamps Lapel Chains Lemonade Sets* Lingerie Clasps Lorgnettes Manicure Sets * Mesh Bags orham Prices fit every purse Military Brushes Necklaces Nut Sets* Pendants Percolators Photo Frames Place Plates Porringers Prayer Books Preserve Dishes Rattles Relish Dishes Ribbon Watch Chains Salad Sets* Sandwich Plates Sautoirs Scarf Fasteners Scarf Pins Scissors Sets* Sealing Sets* Serving Pieces Sewing Baskets Sherbet Sets* Shoe Buckles Smokers’ Sets* Statuary Suit Cases Sweet Pails Tantalus Stands Tea Balls Tea Caddies Thimbles Tid-bit Dishes Toilet Articles for Children Toilet Articles for Men Toilet Articles for Women Toilet Sets in Rolls Traveling Clocks Trinket Trays Tumblers in Cases Umbrellas Vanity Cases Vase Sets* Watches Whiskey Sets* Wrist Watches ON Silversmiths and Goldsmiths Fifth Avenue Maiden Lane