Life, 1911-06-08 · page 43 of 44
Life — June 8, 1911 — page 43: what you’re looking at
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This is a **title page and advertisement**, not a cartoon or satirical content. It announces Life magazine's annual "Country Life in America" vacation guide for the June 1st issue. The page promotes articles about leisure activities for affluent Americans: motor-boating, safe boating for children, fishing trips in Canada, abandoned farm vacations, automobile camping, motorcycle touring, and a noteworthy Long Island summer home. The decorative photographs on either side show scenic natural settings—trees and water—establishing the aspirational "country life" aesthetic being marketed. **Context for modern readers**: This reflects early 20th-century American attitudes where "vacation" and "country life" were luxuries for the wealthy or middle-class urban professionals seeking escape. The emphasis on motor-boating, motorcycles, and automobiles shows these were still novel recreational technologies. The abandoned farm article notably pitches rural property as a retirement investment for city workers—reflecting period anxieties about aging and urbanization.
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Country Liffe , mAmerica j THE ANNUAL Vacation Guide JUNE 1st ISSUE @Every page contains useful sug- gestions for the angler, yachtsman, camper, traveller, and other de- votees of country life. There are many beautiful photographs _ that illustrate the various articles of this : issue; they help to make this the en es most valuable Vacation Guide we ate with) an : < have ever published. The illustrated features in- cluded in this number are: “The Joy of Motor-Boating,” by Albert Hick- man. Photographs by A. B. Phelan, W. B. Jackson, and others. In the series “ The Joy of Country Living.” “Safe Boating for Children,” by W. E. Part- ridge. Photographs by Edwin Levick. How to instruct a child in the use of boats. “Fishing for Sea Trout in the New Brunswick Rivers,” by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Photographs by the author. A fishing trip vacation in the Can- adian wilds, taken by the author and his wife. “A Vacation on an Abandoned Farm,” by E. Gordon Parker. Photographs by J. J. Parker and the author. How one city man has solved the vaca- tion problem and incidentally provided a home for his old age by buying an abandoned New Hamp- shire farm, and making play of the work of reclaiming it during his vacations. “An Automobile Camping Trip.” by Ryland P. Madison. Describing some accessories that add to the comfort of camping with a motor-cat. “A Motor-Cycle Vacation,” by George M. Johnson. Photographs by the author. An appre- ciation and defence of this much abused mode of traveling. “A Noteworthy Summer Home on Long Island,” by Alfred F. Loomis. Photographs by Henry H. Saylor. Descriptive of the Edward T. Cockroft home at Easthampton, L. I. The Departments: Garden and Grounds, The Nature Club, Stock and Poultry, Stable and Kennel. 25c per Copy $4.00 per Annum All News-stands 24 Issues a Year Doubleday, Page & Company Garden City New York THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK comicbooks.com