Life, 1912-03-14 · page 6 of 44
Life — March 14, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a cartoon or satirical content** — it's a straightforward **automobile advertisement** for the Packard Motor Car Company's "Six" model. The page promotes the Packard "Six" as "the greatest piece of machinery that ever went upon the highways and at the same time the most luxurious carriage." The ad emphasizes technical specifications (horsepower ratings at different RPMs) and claims that 90 percent of 1912 Packard "Six" cars had already sold. The only visual element is the Packard logo/emblem at the top. This appears in *Life* magazine, which regularly mixed satirical content with advertisements. However, this particular page is purely commercial promotional material, not satire or political commentary.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THE POWER of the “SIX” The greatest piece of machinery that ever went upon the highways and at the same time the most luxurious carriage Ask the man who owns one Horsepower of Packard ‘“‘Six’’ motor by the A. L.A. M. rating, which is an arbitrary calculation based on average horsepower developed by a large number of different makes of motors at a piston speed of 1000 feet per minute, without muffler . . . . 48 Actual brake horsepower of Packard ‘‘Six”’ motor at same piston speed (which equals 1090.9 R. P.M.) with muffler on . . . .575 Maximum horsepower of Packard “Six” motor (obtained at 1700 R.P.M., or 1558.3 feet piston speed) with muffler on 90 per cent of all 1912 Packard “Six” cars already have been sold Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit comicbooks.com