Life, 1919-11-13 · page 28 of 36
Life — November 13, 1919 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. It contains four distinct advertisements: 1. **IV-A-Tone Reproducer** (top left): A phonograph component claiming superior sound reproduction through "tone separation," allowing each musical voice/instrument to be heard distinctly. 2. **Egyptian Deities Cigarettes** (top right): An Art Deco-styled ad featuring an Egyptian woman, appealing to "people of culture and refinement" — a common luxury marketing strategy of the era. 3. **Whiting-Adams Brushes** (center): Promotes animal-hair brushes for automotive and furniture finishing, with crude humor in the headline about physical exertion. 4. **Stromberg Carburetor** (bottom): Features a car in snowy conditions, emphasizing cold-weather performance and fuel economy. The page reflects 1920s consumer culture and advertising aesthetics rather than satire or political commentary.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
‘MASTERS’ Masters of the musical. art made your records. Your phonograph equipped with the IV-A-TONE Reproducer will render them correctly—artisti- cally. The IV-A-TONE Reproducer for your phonograph embodies an entirely. new principle. Separation of tone is the most re. e feature of the IV-A Reproducer, With the new of tone control, each voice of instrument is rendered in itself, harmonizing The lity of tone produced h with brilliance and Sole Agents for the U. vu. SFlomelike~ but still in the heart of things NEW YORK i( THE BILIMORE Scribner Bldg., 599 Fifth Ave., New, York People of culture and refinement invariably PREFERT Deities to any other cigarette EVEN IF YOU HUMP YOURSELF YOU CANNOT BEAT WHITING-ADAMS CAMEL, BADGER, OX AND FITCH HAIR BRUSHES Extensively used by the leading Manufacturers of Automo biles, Cars, es, Furniture, and other users of best quality Color and Varnish Brushes. Send for M[lustrated Literature JOHN L. WHITING-J. J. ADAMS CO., Boston, U.S.A. Brush Manufacturers for Over 109 Years and the Largest in the World | NSTALLATION of a Negi Stromberg Carbureti on any car, insures promgy starting, instant acceleratia maximum speed, power # flexibility in coldest winlj weather — and guaranteq greatest of fucl econom miles per gallon of g Send name, model and yesr your car for complete descrip matter—and time, trouble money-saving facts Stromberg Motor Devices Dept. 1112, 64 East 25th Street Chicago, Ill. re STROMBERG Does it! CARBURETOR comicbooks.comm"