Life, 1907-04-04 · page 46 of 48
Life — April 4, 1907 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements** rather than editorial satire. The main content includes: 1. **Kodak advertisement** (top): Promotes a free instructional booklet on home portrait photography, positioning amateur photography as an accessible hobby. 2. **"Why They Married" advertisement** (lower left): A humorous book by James Montgomery Flagg (a well-known illustrator) using before/after caricatures of a man's face to joke about marriage's effects on appearance. The satire suggests marriage transforms men—the "before" shows a smiling face; "after" shows an older, more weathered version. This reflects early 20th-century cynicism about matrimony as a life-altering (implicitly negative) event. 3. **"Life's New Prints"** (right): Appears to be another book or publication advertisement. The page reflects *Life* magazine's business model: combining satirical content with commercial advertising, while the marriage joke represents period attitudes treating wedlock as comedic misfortune.
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“KODAK HOME PORTRAITURE” IS THE TITLE OF A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOOK THAT SHOWS MORE THAN A SCORE OF KODAK PORTRAITS MADE EITHER IN THE HOUSE OR IN THE GARDEN, AND GIVES MANY VALUABLE HINTS ON HOW TO MAKE THEM. FREE AT THE DEALERS OR BY MAIL EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. The Kodak City Why They Married Is a little book by James Montgomery Flagg. You will be interested, because even if you are not married you may be some day, and anyhow you may have relatives who are married—so get it. 75 CENTS POSTPAID LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West Thirty-Grat Street New York City Life’s Comeeht, YOM ty Live Heeuenne THE ECHO Wheto LIFE PUBLISH comicbooks.com