Life, 1910-11-24 · page 17 of 48
Life — November 24, 1910 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a satirical cartoon titled "Thanksgiving in Prehistoric New England: The Capture of the Thanksgiving Gobbler." The image is a densely packed, chaotic illustration in the style of early 20th-century Life magazine humor. The cartoon appears to depict a humorous, absurdist scene mixing prehistoric elements (dinosaurs, cavemen) with Thanksgiving imagery and American colonial references. The "Thanksgiving Gobbler" (a turkey) is apparently being "captured" in this fantastical scenario. The satire seems to play on American Thanksgiving mythology—the popular narrative of pilgrims and Native Americans—by transposing it into an impossible prehistoric setting with dinosaurs and crude figures. This incongruity creates the comedic effect, likely mocking either the romanticized Thanksgiving origin story or simply offering absurdist holiday humor. The OCR text is too garbled to provide additional context about the specific satirical target.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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