Life, 1914-12-17 · page 39 of 40
Life — December 17, 1914 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement**, not a political cartoon. Life Publishing Co. is promoting four calendar designs for 1915 available for purchase. The page displays four distinct calendar options: - "Sketches from Life" Calendar (showing playful figures) - The Gibson Calendar (featuring Charles Dana Gibson's iconic illustrated figures) - Life's Calendar (woman-centered design) - Life's National Calendar (appears to show a worker or laborer figure) The advertisement uses the phrase "Time Is Fleeting" as a sales pitch, urging customers to buy quickly because "these calendars sell rapidly." It positions the calendars as ideal Christmas gifts—practical items that combine "good cheer and thought." Each costs $1.25, comes gift-wrapped with silk cord and tassel in an art box. The text notes one man's practice of sending these calendars annually to friends as Christmas remembrances, suggesting they were popular gifts among the affluent readership of Life magazine.
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