Life, 1918-08-15 · page 2 of 36
Life — August 15, 1918 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for Life Publishing Company's art prints, not satirical content. It showcases six available prints for home decoration, all priced at 25 cents each. The prints advertised include: - "Keep Your Eye on the Ball" by Harold C. Evanson - "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot" by Forcer O'Malley - "Working to Beat Hell" by Coles Phillips - "Retouching an Old Masterpiece" by Paul Stahr - "The Boy Who Became a Lawyer" (artist uncredited) - "After the Rehearsal" by Angus MacDonald These appear to be sentimental, humorous genre scenes rather than political satire. The page functions as a mail-order catalog offering prints "for home and den decoration and for gifts," representing typical early-20th-century consumer advertising.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
fnaual Sabscriptica. . . N.Y. under hhe act of March 1d. 142. ——— = LIFE PRINTS Copr, Life Pub. Co. Copr. Life Pub. Co. Cor. Life Pub. Co. Workixc To Beat Heut By Coles Phillips Genuine photogravure, plate-marked Size 12x 14 in. i Price 25 cen:s Keer Your Eve on tite Bait By Harold C. Earnshaw Printed in colors on Bristol ‘and plate-marked Bee AMASie: Cons Life Pubsey Printed in colors_on fine Bristol and Price 25 cents Ree LLL | plate-marked. Size 12x16 inches (The greatest golfers’ picture i Pees ot 7 3 Price 25 cents of a decade. Frame one for ‘ ‘ the clubroom) Tue Boy Wuo Became a Lawyer Corr. Life Pub. Co. H 2A % i : Copr. Life Pub. Co. Retovenixe ax OL Masteeriece By Paul Stakr Printed in colors on Bristol and plate-marked Size 12x 16 in. Suoutw Auto Acguatyrance Be Forcor Price 25 cents Arter THE BATTLE By Power O'Malley By Angus MacDonall Printed in colors on Bristol and plate- Printed in colors on Bristol and plate- marke; marked Size 12x 16 in, Size 12x16 in, Price 25 cents FOR HOME AND DEN DECORATION AND FOR GIFTS Price 23 cents Sent prepaid to any address on receipt of remittance LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street New York