Life, 1900-06-28 · page 19 of 21
Life — June 28, 1900 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon (titled "Moonshine") depicts a joke about homing pigeons. A customer worries that pigeons sent away from home won't return. The bird seller's absurd solution: he crosses his pigeons with parrots so the birds can *ask for directions* if lost—playing on the stereotype that parrots mindlessly repeat words. The humor relies on: (1) the literal misunderstanding of how parrots work, and (2) the ridiculous premise that lost birds would encounter English speakers who'd understand them. The page is otherwise filled with period advertisements (Kodak cameras, whiskey, a corset called "Beautiful Bust"), typical of Life magazine's satirical-advertising-heavy format. The Charles Dana Gibson reference indicates this is from the early 1900s, when Gibson's illustrations of attractive young women ("Gibson Girls") were hugely popular. The "Japan Proofs" advertised likely refer to fine art prints popular with collectors then.
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