Life — February 9, 1905 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Some of Our Contemporaries" - Life Magazine Satire This page presents nine caricatures mocking regional newspaper stereotypes and local character types from major American cities circa early 1900s. Each cartoon exaggerates distinctive traits associated with different publications: - **Boston Traveler**: A bundled figure with newspapers, suggesting provincial attitudes - **Cincinnati Enquirer**: A rotund man obsessed with food/dining - **Chicago Tribune**: A police court scene implying sensationalism - **Philadelphia North American**: An exaggerated figure with oversized ears - **Brooklyn Citizens**: A thin, formal figure representing urban pretension - **San Francisco Call**: A hunched, aggressive prospector type - **Nashville American**: A caricatured Black figure (representing racist period stereotypes) - **Salt Lake City Telegram**: Telegraph forms suggesting commercial focus - **Denver Post**: A frontier character with mining imagery The satire mocks regional stereotypes and editorial personalities of competing newspapers.