Life, 1914-01-15 · page 39 of 40
Life — January 15, 1914 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising copy**, not satire or political commentary. Life Publishing Company is selling decorative art prints—reproductions of works by illustrators C. Coles Phillips and Walter Tittle. The five prints shown feature romantic or sentimental subjects typical of early 20th-century popular art: home ties (domestic scene), long-distance romance (telephone conversation), "arms and the man" (intimate couple), "are you a good boy?" (woman with child), and "lend a hand" (domestic care scene). The marketing pitch emphasizes these are suitable for "cheerful people" and "gloomy people" alike—implying decorative art as mood-lifting decor for homes, camps, schools, and clubs. The prints cost 50 cents each, a modest price point for the era. This reflects the period's commercial distribution of affordable fine art reproductions for middle-class domestic decoration.
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DECORATIVE Copr. Life Pub. Co. ART PRINTS c rile Pub. Co Five reproductions in full color from originals by C. Coles Phillips and Walter Tittle. Cheerful pictures for cheerful people. Cheering pictures for gloomy people. Copr. Life Pub. Co. nome tres Facsimile in color. LONG DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART crow ron Facsimile i Mounted, 12 x Price, 50 cents. Copr. Life. Pub. Co. ARMS AND THE MAN Color facsimile. Mounted for frami Size of mount, 1 n. Price, 50 cents. For summer home or camp, for the “den” in town, or at school or club, for gifts to appreciative friends. ARE you A coop Boy? Facsimile in color. Mounted, 12 x 16 in, Price, so cents. Mounted, Price, 50 cents. Sent anywhere in the world, carriage charges prepaid, upon receipt of your remittance. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, New York PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER comicbooks.com