Puck, 1877-12-26 · page 15 of 16
Puck — December 26, 1877 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Puck magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. The layout contains multiple advertisements for 1870s-era goods and services: - Cassimere hat manufacturer - Puck's English Almanac (15 cents) - French dolls and dolls' outfits at Bloom's - Gentlemen's hats (Dunlap & Co.) - Portrait studios (Kurtz, Nicoll the tailor) - Champagne and wine importers - Hungarian wines - Patent filing covers for Puck - Information on back issues The page serves as **revenue generation** through classified advertising rather than editorial content. While Puck was known for political satire, this particular page demonstrates how 19th-century magazines funded operations through paid advertisements targeting middle and upper-class consumers with luxury goods.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PUCK. Cassemere, Hat Madstec: PUCK’S ALMANAC, (ENGLISH) WILL BE PUBLISHED *=THIS MONTH. Price, 15 CENTS PER COPY. Address orders to PUCK PUBLISHING COMPANY, 13 NORTH WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. RUNK & UNGER, No. 60 PARK PLACE, N. Y., Sole Agents for Ayala-Chateau d’Ay CITIAMPAGNES, TAUNUS NATURAL SELSER WATER, IMPORTERS OF WINES. BRANDIES. ETC. Received the First Prize a at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876. GRAND EXPOSITION oF HOLIDAY GOODS at BLOOM’S 888 & 340 BOWERY, BETWEEN BOND AND GREAT JONES STS. FINEST FRENCH DOLLS, IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE SIZE AND STYLE. DOLLS’ COMPLETE OUTFITS! LARGEST ASSORTMENT AND LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY. MAGNIFICENT FRENCH DRESSED DOLLS from the plainest to the most elaborate costumes, at less than half the exorbitant prices eharged elsewhere. BLOOM'S, BLOOM'S, No. 338 & 340 Bowery, Between Bond and Great Jones Sts., NEW YORK. Sa Third, Fourth, Lexington and Madison Avenue Cars pass the door FS BLACK AND COLORED PRINTING INKS Usen ow Tus Parag Ane MANUFACTURED BY FRED'K H. LEVEY & CO., PRINTING INK MANUFACTURERS, 32 Beekman Street, NEW YORK. VOLKS-GARDEN-THEATRE 199 & 201 Bowery, betw. Rivington & Delancey Sts. Mas. A. P, FALK.. -PROPRIETRESS. THE CHEAPEST MOST ATTRACTIVE AND DELIGHT. VARIETY-THEATRE IN NEW YO! Open an Be year round. New Artists every week. Tia hear of entertainment every evening Commencing at $ P.M. Admission 15 Cents. Balcony and Orchestra Seats 20 Cts. Seats in Bores 75 Cts. FOR MEERSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES. ta” DOES NOT BITE THE TONGUE.-6a CORRECT THING for DINNER and WHIST PARTIES. amples, 15 cents. Highest Award, Vienna, 1873, and Centennial, ‘Wid O° ENGALL 2 03, Poems Tbaceo Wek, Bocheste, HT. L’AMERIQUE— 1876. (6 Prize Medals.) Perique and Vanity Fair. S: DMPORTERS AND MANUPACTORERS CP GENTLEMEN’ S HATS 174 Fifth Ave., Barwrsx ood a 23rd Steers, NEW YORK. Zhe PORTRAITS, 37 Union Square, New York. 2 sAELEVATO Rs 2 unas PORTRAITS Madison Square, NEw yroRr=& Highest Awards: PARIS, VIENNA & NEW YORK. BRANCH: Old Post Office Building, NASSAU ST., N. ¥. NICOLL, The Tailor, Mgarcties are as hac as Pro ly the best French Cigarette duced. which is free from mineral paper PATENT COVERS FOR FILING PUCK. PRICE $1.00 EACH. FOR SALE AT “PUCK” OFFICE, 13 North William Street, New York. BACK NUMBERS OF PUCK CAN BE SUPPLIED ON DEMAND. ADDRESS, Publishers “Puck” 13 North William Street, Willmer & Rogers News Co., 31 Beekman Street, New York. oR,