Puck, 1877-05 · page 15 of 16
Puck — May 1877 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial advertisements for: - French China dinner sets and glassware (Lebrun Trost & Co.) - Wine and spirits imports (L. Somborn & Co., Apollinnis Natural Seltzer) - Back issues of Puck magazine - Café International restaurant and Pariser's Crystal Palace (entertainment venues) - Boker's Bitters (patent medicine/alcohol) - Steinway pianos - Pond's Extract (patent medicine, advertised as relief for "family remedies") The central image shows a **Hungarian wine label** noting it won first prize at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. No political figures or satire are visible. This is a typical page of late 19th-century magazine advertising reflecting contemporary consumer goods, entertainment venues, and patent medicines common to the period.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PUCK. 15 Established since 1835. | Dipn'r Mr. Murphy skip somebody down in Pittsburgh?” The Dispatch man says: ‘Too F R E N Cc H Cc H ] N A | many straws are luxuriously wasted in hats dur- DINNER AND TEA SETS, ing the hot season, when they are hourly in demand for irrigating purposes." Buffalo Ex- Crystal Table and Fancy Glassware, Sevres, Royal Dresden and Imperial Berlin | press. Jersey Crrv and Hoboken seem to pool to- Fine Porcelain. In Majolica, Falences, Palissy: and similar wares an immense gether very successfully.— Graphic. erholders and Taskets, Flagons, ‘Tne place to get ready-maid lunches—At the Dairy.—: Commercial Advertiser. resents for oroamenting Parl r ropeiate 38 ba received daily from our ms PRICES VERY MODERATE. | N, B.—Some articles left over from our last year's importations | at Gnnat BARGAINS. HERMAN TROST & CO., Nos. 48, 50, 52 & 54.MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK. | }) L. SOMBORN & CO., No. 12 Vesey St., adjoining the Astor House, New York. IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN WINES, BRANDIES, éc. APOLLINIS NATURAL SELTZER. HOCK & MOSELLE WINES from L. Souporx, Frankfurt a. M BOONEKAMP OF MAAGBITTER from H. Unpexnerc-Atanzcut, Rheinberg. BACK NUMBERS| OF PUCK CAN BE SUPPLIED ON DEMAND. ADDRESS, ‘WILLMER & ROGERS NEWS COMPANY, | 31 Beekman Street, New York, on, Received the First Prize at the Publishers PUCK, | | Centennial Exhibition, Philadetfhia, 1876. 13 North William St., New York. Cart | INTERNATIONAL, No. 699 BROADWAY, Corner Fourth Street. New Yor. | First Class Restaurant & Beer Tunnel. CHESS, BILLIARD & READING ROOMS, ‘The leading Eur ran papers in alll languages on file, The finest Wines, Liquors and Segars, Kulmbacher, Erlanger, Bohemian dnd other lmported beers, also Geo, Enver’s celcGrated Lager always on draught. S. LIEDERS, | PARISER’S 'CRYSTAL PALACE, | 252 BOWERY, Between Prince & Houston Sts., RESTAURANT AUACARTE AT ALL HOURS. | CHESS, REATING AND BILLIARD ROOMS, far The leading European Papers in all languages oa fle. ‘The finest Wines, Liquors, Beer, Ale and Cigars. The public is respectfully invited to visit this model establish- NEW YORK. PERFECTION. BOKER’S BITTERS. L. FUNKE, Jr., Sole Agent, P.O Rox 1029. PATENT COVERS FOR FILING PUCK. PRICE $1.00 EACH. Hor Sale at Puck’? Office, l 13 North William St., N.Y. No. 78 Joun Staeer, N.Y. =] WARE ROOMS: 109 & 111 East 14% Stree! NEW YORE. comicbooks.com