Life, 1914-01-01 · page 43 of 44
Life — January 1, 1914 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a cartoon or satire**, but rather a **product advertisement** for Life Publishing Company's decorative prints. The page solicits club members to purchase or donate framed artwork for their organization's headquarters. The advertised prints include: - "Home Ties" by C. Coles Phillips (domestic scene) - "Arms and the Man" (color facsimile, subject unclear from image) - "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?" (sentimental reference to the Scottish song) - "Illusion" (interior scene) - "Lend a Hand" by Walter Tittle (appears to show charitable activity) The pitch targets club members, fraternities, and lodges, framing art donations as goodwill gestures. Prices range from 50 cents to $1.00, with bulk catalog offers for organizations. This reflects early 20th-century American culture where illustrated prints decorated institutional spaces and refined aesthetics were associated with social respectability.
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Are You a Member of any organization that would like to make its headquarters more attractive? Copr. Life Pub. Co. If so, why not suggest these pleasing prints, in full color, to the chairman of your house com- mittee for club decorations ? Better yet, why not donate a few to the club for the pleasure of your fellow members? LIFE PRINTS can be framed at small expense. Copr. Life Copr. Life Pub. Co. Wome tics Facsimile in color. By C. Coles Phillips Mounted, 12 x 16 in, Vrice, 50 cents. Cope. Life Pub. Co Copr. Life Pub. Co. r = ARMS AND THE MAN Color facsimi Mounted, 12 x 16 in, Price, 50 cents. Send 25 cents in stamps for our catalog showing over 150 pic- tures ia miniature. Write for our special offer to clubs, lodges, college fraternities, “SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE DE etc. LexD A mann oncor?’* Facsimile in color. Facsliste tes calor All pictures sent PREPAID, a Walter Tine, Mounted, 14 x 18 in. upon receipt of remittance. Mounted, 14 x 18 in. Price, $1.00. Price, s0 cents. stern, LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 3ist Street, New York n each feral nialos: a, Ken. PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER, comicbooks.com