Life, 1911-01-12 · page 37 of 44
Life — January 12, 1911 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Content:** This page is primarily a tire advertisement (top two-thirds) for Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires, with a political cartoon below. **The Cartoon ("Ho! For the Suffragettes!"):** The bottom illustration depicts insects—mosquitoes, flies, and other pests—carrying protest signs and marching like suffragettes demanding voting rights. Signs read "VOTE DIRT," "LIBERTY," "RED ANTS," "BLUE FLIES," and similar declarations. The cartoon is anti-suffrage satire, mocking the women's suffrage movement by equating female voters to insects and pests—a crude rhetorical tactic suggesting women's political participation would be as unwelcome and irritating as an insect infestation. **Historical Context:** This reflects early-20th-century opposition to women's voting rights, common in American media before the 19th Amendment (1920). The juxtaposition of a safety/reliability advertisement with anti-women's-rights propaganda is jarring to modern readers but typical of *Life* magazine's satirical approach.
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“CREE You are Guaranteed Absolute Safety | as well as Economy in PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP TIRES HEY any a new and effective non-skid tread—all rubber. Moulded with numerous large, cup-shaped knobs, which give the tire a vacuum hold on the road. Slipping in any direction is an impossibility and traction power is increas Vacuum Cup Tires are guaranteed not to skid on any road-surface—asphalt, | mud, snow or ice. In soft mud the heavy cu sae knobs sink below the | surface, prevent slipping and give the best pouble traction, Vacuum Cup ed are guaranteed for 4000 miles service—double that of any other make of non-skid tire. They cost less and wear longer than steel- jj] studded tires, and the extra thickness of the tread renders them less liable to | puncture than any tire sold. The Safest and Longest Wearing Tire on the Market Made in all sizes. All sizes in stock at below addresses or leading dealers everywhere, or write for full information. PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO., Jeannette, Pa. Pittsburgh—5S0S Liberty Ave. EF Frasers jo—1241 Michigan Ave. Detroit—882 Woodward Ave. ‘ork—1741 Broadway Minneapolis—678 Tenth St. NON s rey n Francisco Siz-16 Market Se. Los Angclee010 South Main nel : Te is Chapt 84, CROrOM us| te ERATION ft rot \ \ nar GI aN enn eM \ \ i furs: _ Lee HO! FOR THE SUFFRAGETTES! we comicbooks.com