Life — June 15, 1916 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Edison-Dick Mimeograph Advertisement This is a **product advertisement**, not political satire. The page promotes the Edison-Dick mimeograph system for office use. The circular vignette shows an office worker operating mimeograph equipment. The ad emphasizes the machine's simplicity: "Draw it, then print it—typewrite it, then duplicate it." The marketing pitch highlights practical advantages for businesses—no complex typesetting required, quick reproduction of documents, ability to copy drawings and charts via stencil tracing, and low equipment costs for offices of any size. The tagline "We do it quicker, we do it better" appears on a small banner. The ad concludes by directing interested readers to request booklet "W" from the A.B. Dick Company in Chicago and New York.