Life, 1919-08-28 · page 35 of 40
Life — August 28, 1919 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines advertisements with sentimental photogravure prints for sale. The left side offers three photographs from Life Publishing Company: romantic scenes including "A Ship Took Him Away, so a Ship Must Bring Him Back" (depicting wartime separation), "Working to Beat Hell," and "I Wonder if They're True to Me"—likely referencing World War I anxieties about soldier fidelity and longing. The right side features a Milo Violets cigarette advertisement (25 cents for a deluxe box of 100) and a cartoon titled "Calling Up the Spirits," depicting two men arranging a late-night social visit involving alcohol ("three o'clock and a bottle of gin"). The cartoon likely satirizes Prohibition-era underground drinking culture, where acquiring liquor required secretive arrangements and coded language among friends.
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Life’s Prints Copr. Life Pub. Co. DELICATELY SCENTED:GOLD TIPS Q5oe 10. Benes 2 ; “A Suir Took Hist Away, so a Situ Must Brtxc Him Back” Photogravure, size 1314 x 16 inches Price 50 cents IP your . 4 Dept.MYV. dealer Seventeen Corr. Lily PoP, Ca. cannot * Ninety é oe supply ‘ Broadway you.write = NewYork Worktne To Beat Heit Genuine photogravure, plate-marked Size 12x 14 in Price 25 cents Copr. Life Pub. Co. “1 Wonbex iF THev’xe True to Me” Photogravure, 134 x 16 inches Price 50 cents Sent prepaid on receipt of remittance rs CALLING UP THE SPIRITS Life Publishing Company, 17 West 31st Street, New York » SAY, HANK, Y" BETTER DROP IN ABOUT THKEE 0’ KYE AN’ A BOTTLE 0” GIN” comicbooks.com