Life, 1892-06-30 · page 6 of 19
Life — June 30, 1892 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# "Wines & Liquors" Comic Strip Analysis This four-panel comic appears to satirize Prohibition-era hypocrisy. The recurring "WINES & LIQUORS" storefront sign suggests the strip mocks how alcohol sales continued despite legal bans—the shop maintains a facade while conducting business out back or through side dealings. Each panel shows men conducting transactions or exchanges at the storefront, likely depicting the widespread illegal alcohol trade during Prohibition. The comic's humor derives from the open-secret nature of speakeasies and underground liquor sales: despite official prohibition, merchants and customers brazenly continued the trade with minimal pretense. The page also includes unrelated content—a charitable fundraising list ("Our Fresh Air Fund") and period jokes about money and class. The overall issue reflects Life magazine's satirical commentary on American social contradictions and the failure of Prohibition enforcement.
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402 - LIFE: OUR FRESH AIR FUND. A STORY WITH A MORAL. LIFE'S health factory at Branchville is now in full blossom. The grounds are alive with youngsters. The air is {resh, the food nourishing, and the beds clean. Three dollars will send a child there for a fortnight. Previously acknowledged..$1062.87 | In memory of Dr. D. M; R. ‘The Misses Bertha and Na- C.W.B., Westchester, N.Y. talie Morris Munde From Nan, who Expects to have a Pleasant Summer. Susan's, Kitt me Surplus in han From “R. tion Dinner Committee of Providence, R. I ny the class of '92, School of The Price of a Box of Mon- Mines, Columbia Co 1.60 M.S. 2.00 Lilian Tr 10.00 A Lover of Fresh Air 10.00 | Proceeds’ of ‘an ‘entertain- Chas. Dissetl.. 10.00 | ment given by the children Proceeds of a fair given on | ofthe ‘third and fourth the lawn of Mrs.N.Marsh, | fadesof the Ridge Strect, Clifton, Staten Island, larquette, Public School, June 11, ‘92, by six little | The Little Workers of Grand children, Ettie | Scofield, ing's Daughters € at $2574.12 IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW. MAwsox : Do you believe the saying “ Money talks?” “Yes. Certainly.” “Well, I'd like to ask one of those new silver quarters what. it thinks of its personal appearance, anyhow.” FOR LACK OF FOOD. IRST SEASIDE GIRL: There's a great man-eating shark down on the beach, dead. What do you suppose killed him ? SECOND SEASIDE GIRL: Starvation, probably, if he was a’man-eating shark. O you catch the point?” said the Italian to his vic- tim, after perforating him with a stiletto. Claude: PAULINE, WE KIN BE Happy IF YOU LOVE ME. Wor's WEALTH ? ONE SOON RUNS THROUGH THAT, BUT LOVE IS EVER- LasTIN'! comicbooks.com