Life, 1914-03-19 · page 32 of 44
Life — March 19, 1914 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page comprises mostly **advertisements and humor snippets** rather than political cartoons. The content reflects early 20th-century American racial attitudes: ## "Our Foolish Contemporaries" Section The main humor column includes racist jokes. One depicts an elderly Black woman in Richmond asked about the city's population; she responds she estimates "about a hundred and twenty-five thousand, countin' de whites"—the joke's premise being that she wouldn't naturally count Black residents as part of the population worth mentioning. Another joke portrays Native Americans stereotypically. ## Advertisements The page features period product ads (Kelly-Springfield tires, Pebbleford bourbon, Egyptian Deities cigarettes) typical of Life's commercial content. The page demonstrates how casual racial caricature and offensive stereotypes were embedded in mainstream American humor and advertising of this era—now recognized as deeply problematic but presented here without irony or critique.
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