Life, 1912-03-28 · page 2 of 50
Life — March 28, 1912 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. It's a car advertisement for the Stevens-Duryea Company of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, promoting their Model AA Six-cylinder Torpedo automobile. The illustration shows a well-dressed couple with their touring car, surrounded by decorative foliage and what appears to be a large decorative urn or planter. The text emphasizes the company's "twenty-one years of consistent progress" and highlights three selling points: mechanical design individuality, finish quality, and service reliability. The "Three Point Support" logo appears in the lower right. This is straightforward commercial messaging typical of early 20th-century automotive advertising, with no apparent political or social satire intended.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Model AA Six-cylinder Torpedo (TWENTY-ONE years of consistent progress have resulted in the distinctive individuality for which Stevens-Duryea motor cars are famed—individuality of mechanical design, individuality of finish, and individuality of service. Our "Individuality" booklet will interes: you. Send for it. STEVENS-DURYEA COMPANY, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts \ Pioneer Builders of American Sixes comicbooks.com