Life — January 4, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The left side features a Locomobile automobile ad highlighting two models (15-20 H.P. at $3,000 and 30-35 H.P. at $5,000), with detailed mechanical specifications and company information. The right side contains two elements: a humorous sketch of three people (a woman and two men in period dress) with dialogue about borrowing money for a tooth brush, and an advertisement for Diamond Wrapped Tread Tires from the Diamond Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. The small illustration appears to be social humor typical of Life magazine's lighter content, but the page's primary purpose is advertising automobiles and automobile accessories to wealthy readers.