Life, 1908-02-20 · page 21 of 24
Life — February 20, 1908 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** with one satirical article. The main content is **"The Literary Zoo,"** a humorous essay mocking the scholarly attribution debates of the era. The author ridicules Dr. MacArthur's claim that Alexander Hamilton wrote Washington's Farewell Address by drawing absurd parallels: just as scholars question whether Shakespeare wrote his own plays (attributing them to Francis Bacon), perhaps Washington didn't write his famous address either. The satire targets the pretentious academic practice of denying historical figures authorship of their own works based on insufficient evidence. The page is otherwise filled with period advertisements for steamships, motor cars, real estate, dress ties, and tobacco—typical of *Life* magazine's commercial content. No political cartoons are present; the satire is purely textual.
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