Puck, 1879-06-25 · page 15 of 16
Puck — June 25, 1879 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Puck magazine (page 255), not a satirical cartoon page. The advertisements showcase late 19th-century New York commerce: bathing suits and traveling clothes from Arnold, Constable & Co.; tailoring services from Barrett and Nicoll; a Vienna Coffee Pot; Peter Doelger's Lager Beer; the Louisiana State Lottery; and roofing materials. The most prominent ad features **Peter Doelger's Lager Beer**, highlighting a brewery at 405-433 East 55th Street with sales figures from 1877-1879 and barrel quantities. This reflects the significant German immigrant brewing industry in New York during this period. The Louisiana State Lottery advertisement is notable—this was a historically controversial gambling operation. The page otherwise represents typical commercial advertisements of the Gilded Age.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
‘S ‘NM JHL NI G3LYOdWI I 6 BATHING SUITS Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. TURKISH BATH SHEETS & ROBES. Blanket Steamer Robes, TRAVELLING AND NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, CHEVIOT AND PONGEE PAJAMAS. NECKWEAR. Driving and Travelling Gloves, DRESS SHIRTS, COLLARS & CUFFS, READY MADE AND TO ORDER. Ladies’ Travelling Satchels & Bags -YACHTING SHIRTS, Ho., oc. Arnold, Constable & Co., BROADWAY, corner [9th Street. BARRETT The Great New York Tailor, SUCCESSOR TO ARNHEIM OF THE WELL-KNOWN STORE, 202 BOWERY nthe CHEAPEST and MOST FASHIONABLE TAILOR te RICA, HE EM N ONLY, sod HAS the LARGEST ASSO) RTM and DOMESTIC WOOLENS to CHOOSE. SIVEE and PRICES UNEQUALED, CALL AT 202 BOWERY OBSERVE TOP OF SICN. BRANCH STORE, No. 19 WALL STREET. IUX.. DIE Ey Pamphlet and Book Binder, No. 29 BEEKMAN STREET, Pamphlet binding of every descnption, and Pass books for banks Aspeaalty —Personal attention to everything eatrusted to my care, GREAT REDUCTION iN PRICES. Macmosay Gai doccper thas cicay tare tthe chy. NEW YORK CITY OIL CO., Sole Agents, 1m ‘MAIDEN LANE. GN | Sales seis May 1, 1878—79 . GALITY Beh, 1857 prizes, total, $110,400; capi . ete, Mets STATE, Bea EB Xoo. Vi A ienna Coffee Pot. Beautif end finished, of PEO... brass, with bus wees brass bow, IMPORTED FROM VIENNA ‘ONLY | BY US. 675 | 1 EDWARD D. BASSFORD, HOUSE FURNISHING STORES, China, Key? Cutlery. Silver 1e97. LAGER BEER —-$& BREWERY 405- 433 EAST 55ST. NY, 3 Barrels 80,000 - Barrels 66, 216 Barrels 23,785 From May 1, 1877—78 - : : . INCREASED SALE z - 7 2 . Or, 95,140 Kegs. NICOLL, the Tailor, $3.00 to $10.00 (OBEAPEST, BOOKSTORE IN THE WORLD. 673 Standara English LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CO. This Institution was regularly 1ocorporated by the Legislature of the State for Educational and Charitable purposes in 1868, Next Grand Dra lace Juno 26th, f the State for seat Charitable purposes for eC Oe term of Twenty-five Years, to which contract the inviolable faith sar PSAs, 3,000. | the State ts pledged, with a capital of $1,000,000, to which it sorter’, ft, Fifths, $3. £ , 4 yentieths, $2. Fortieths, # roth Mosthly Grand Distibut ATE, PTET, DRAW cies 100,000 tickets, two ($2) dollars; Draws, 1, New Orleans, La; Tiekets, $2. Halves, ALL GERMAN STATE ’ CorreRtes. sa Io writing orders or for paren, please state] that you saw this in the English Apply to M. A. DAUPI or same at 319 Broadway, B77 7 rises Po eeite Cegesay Maines PLASTIC-SLATE ROOFING. THE BEST, CHEAPEST, and MOST EASILY APPLIED ROOFING MADE for FLAT OR STEEP ROOFS, CUTTERS, FLUSHINGS, Etc TESTED TWENTY YEARS. Established 1857. ince Companies. Send for Gireulars. Plastic-Siate Root Coating for OLD ROOFS, 60 cents per gallon. REFER TO R. Hoe & Co., Harper & Bros., Jno. Roach & Son, and Eighty-two rra Cotta), for Flat and Steep Roofs and Stable Floors. Indestructible and Non-Absorbent. EDWARD VAN ORDEN & CO., 79 Maiden Lane, New York. Roofs laid by contract anywhere, and warranted 10 years. Also, Vitrified Tiles, a Sent cheaply anywhere by freight or express. Van Orden’s Asphalt-Rock Sanitary Floors, Water-Proof Pavements, Cellar Bottoms, Ete. comicbooks.com