Life, 1911-02-02 · page 6 of 52
Life — February 2, 1911 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **informational advertising** for Life magazine itself, not political satire. The central content is a practical "Time Table" answering readers' frequent question: when exactly can they purchase the latest issue at newsstands across America? Life was officially dated Thursday but distributed earlier in various cities. The small cartoons are generic illustrations—figures buying or reading Life—not specific caricatures of identifiable people. They simply reinforce the magazine's availability. The tone is tongue-in-cheek: readers apparently felt guilty or sneaky asking newsboys "Not Out Yet!" The page humorously acknowledges this social awkwardness while providing the straightforward distribution schedule. This reflects Life's prominent place in American popular culture and readers' eagerness for each new issue.
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WV hen Can You Buy Life? What is the exact moment of the hour and day each week that LIFE is on sale at every news-stand in the United States ? Liki a, LIFE i : ABE is on sale in Chicago That is the question that we set ourselves to answer last at 1:30 P. Meee week, Tuesday, It is not such an easy matter as you think. We know what time LIFE leaves the press room. We know when it is delivered to the News Company. After that, like the red corpuscles of the blood, it circulates to the end of every national capillary. But what YOU want to know is, ‘‘ Just when is it safe to ask for it ?”’ Nobody likes to ask for his favorite paper and have the newsdealer shake his head and say: “Not Out Yet !"" You sneak away as if you were guilty of some crime. On the contrary, you want to be confident that it is right there waiting for you. For this purpose we addressed a letter to the American News Company requesting them to tell us, as nearly as possible, at what hour LIFE can be sought every week at every news-stand, Next Week and from this information received we are enabled to give the Phillips’ Great following table: Telephone Cover. ; LIFE’S TIME TABLE LIFE is officially dated on Thursday each week. The table below gives the hour of the day you can buy LIFE on the news- stands at New York Tuesday, 11:00 A. M. Brooklyn Tuesday, 1:20 P. M. Boston Tuesday, 12:00 noon Philadelphia Tuesday, 2:30 P. M. Chicago Tuesday, 1:30 P. M. New Orleans Wednesday, 12:30 P. M. Denver Wednesday, P.M. San Francisco Friday, 9:00 A. M. Portland, Oregon Friday, 10:00 A. M. Seatile Thursday, 3:50 P. M. Portland, Maine Wednesday, 2:30 P. M. Bermuda Havana Hawaii New York gets LIFE at 11 A. M. every Tuesday. | On arrival of steamers. Lire wakes up Philadelphia noon every j at 2:30 P. M. every LiFe edifies Boston at Tuesday. Manila, P. I. Tuesday. Subscription, $5.00 Canadian, $5.52 Foreign, $6.04 comicbooks.com