Life, 1914-07-30 · page 20 of 40
Life — July 30, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This black and white photograph shows two figures beside an early automobile (bearing a 1914 New York license plate) on a rural road. The image appears to be documentary rather than satirical carving. One figure reclines against the car's wheel in an exaggerated pose of exhaustion or distress, while another stands nearby. The rocky, hilly landscape suggests difficult terrain. Without clearer OCR text or identifying captions, the specific satirical point remains unclear—it may reference automobile travel hardships, labor conditions, or road conditions of the era, but I cannot definitively identify the figures or their intended meaning from the visual information alone.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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