Life, 1916-04-06 · page 10 of 80
Life — April 6, 1916 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising catalog page** for Life Publishing Company's art prints, rather than satirical content. The page displays eight available photographic prints for purchase, each priced at 23 cents and available in various sizes. The prints appear to be sentimental or dramatic scenes typical of early 20th-century popular art: moonlit romance ("Ring Around The Moon"), domestic scenes ("S.O.S.," "The Dreamers"), and whimsical imagery ("Rare Form" showing a woman with a tennis racket, "All's Well That Ends Well" featuring a dog). The page functions as a mail-order catalog, offering prints "Shipped Prepaid to Any Address / Upon Receipt of Price" from Life Publishing Company's New York office. The emphasis is commercial rather than satirical.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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