Life, 1915-07-01 · page 42 of 44
Life — July 1, 1915 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and corporate listings**, not political satire. The main content includes the Astor Trust Company's officers and directors (a financial institution), alongside period advertisements for Hardman "Sure Grip" Tires and Park & Tilford chocolates. The only cartoon element is a small sketch at the bottom right showing a child complaining about picnic mishaps (swallowing an ant, spilling jam on clothes, sitting on a bumblebee). An adult responds dismissively that "a picnic's a picnic"—gentle, domestic humor about children's outdoor complaints rather than political commentary. This is a commercial page from *Life* magazine's advertising section, typical of early 20th-century publications where corporate sponsorship and product ads dominated. The cartoon is lighthearted family humor, not satire.
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42 “ET = OFFICERS E. C. CONVERSE, Ss ) l ALEXANDER HM. STEVENS. J. COCHRAN, DIRECTORS | MARSTON, Bunkers '» McGARRAH, ATT Nat'l nk ‘ol the Manhattan Co, Case, Attorneys S COCHRAN vert nk ty perty Newton al Ma HENRY J. COCHRAN, f Us. Altnan & Co, ROBERT WALTON GOELET, TH LDT, onal Hank " MACDONALD, Trustee for Personal Trusts FIFTH AVENUE & 36TH STREET, NEW YORK ) If you are tired of the expense of so- called “inexpen- ’ sive tires let your next order be for thethoroughly §\© and unusual-— ly long service they give, Hardman Tires invari- ably win andhold) ‘the confidence of their users. of their superior merit New York Office, 1904 Broad Agencies in Boston, Philadelphia, Ballté. more, St. Louis, San Francisco, Providence, \ Newark, Paterson, Buffalo, Houston and other cities. For the One 2 ed “ Sweetest and Dearest THIS Sporting Series of Gift Bores has been created in pe fect harmony with the life of our outdoor season, Ata glance, these boxes have “ unusual appeal” and their contents are typical of the supreme punty and excellent quality of PARK & TILFORD “‘Temptingly Delicious’’ Chocolates ‘There is a box for the gitl of the Tennis Field, the Golf Course, the Polo Match, the Yackt lotorist, and the Happy Partner of your Dance; aboan Au Revar Price | Ib. box, $1.00. All the eight bores are shown in Booklet in color, which promptly mail you. ‘If our Sporting Series is not to be had in your town, we shal to box desired by Parcel Post PARK & TILFORD NEW YORK "CHOCOLATES x Wt “IT NEEDN'T MAKE YOU SO GRUMPY BECAUSE You SWAL- LOWED AN ANT AND SPILT JAM ON YOUR TRO AND SAT NA BUMBLEBER, GOOD HEAVENS! A PICNIC’S A PICNIC, YOU KNow!” comicbooks.com