Life, 1913-09-04 · page 6 of 40
Life — September 4, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a straightforward product advertisement, not satire or political commentary. It promotes Kelly-Springfield brand automobile tires, emphasizing they are "Hand Made" using "the finest rubber composition." The central image shows a tire with a woman's face visible through its center opening—a visual device designed to draw attention and make the advertisement memorable. The accompanying text claims these tires offer "extra mileage to the careful motorist" and highlights seventeen years of success. The ad lists the company's headquarters (New York) and numerous branch locations across America, indicating Kelly-Springfield's established national distribution network during this era of early automobile manufacturing.
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Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires We say that Kelly-Springheld tires are the only well-known automobile tires fashioned strictly by hand. We add that only the finest rubber composition has ever gone into them. It’s easy for you to conclude what the seventeen years’ success of this combination means in extra mileage to the careful motorist. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., Cor. B’way & 57th St., N. Y. Branch offices in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Se Loci, Detroit, Cincinnet, ‘San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Baltimore, Seattle, For Heam Tie & Robber Co. Columb, O. Southern Hardware & Woodstock Co., Lid., New Orleans, La Bering Tire & Reber Co. Atkinson Tire & Supply Co.. Jecksovile Fle Central Rubber & Supply Co., ladianapola, lod. Fee Se Ren hee rn, Conn, C. D. Franke & Co., ol CG. HR. Olmacad & Son, Syracuse, N.Y. K'& $ Auto Tire Company, Limited, Torooto comicbooks.com