Life, 1920-02-19 · page 37 of 48
Life — February 19, 1920 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **automobile advertisement**, not political satire. The page promotes the Chandler Six motor car from Cleveland, Ohio. The text frames American automotive superiority in post-WWI context: Europe stopped manufacturing cars during the five-year war and now eagerly imports American vehicles. The ad emphasizes that American design—not European "French style" or "English ideas"—now sets the global standard. The illustration shows a touring car with passengers and an airplane overhead, conveying modernity and aspiration. The claim that 370 Chandlers sold in two days at London's Olympia Motor Show functions as proof of American manufacturing dominance. The satire is subtle: the ad gently mocks Americans' previous insecurity about European automotive style while celebrating America's newfound industrial and cultural leadership in the postwar period.
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CHANDLER SIX. Famous For Its %' Marvelous Motor RIE OTE SEES mG Europe Welcomes The Chandler Six Now and then you read something about ‘French I style and line” in automobiles, or perhaps it's » newest English idea.” And some folks have gone across to get the newest suggestions. Europe hasn't built automobiles for five years and Europe is crying for new cars and good cars. \merica’s style is Europe's style now. lhe Chandler Six, popular in many other countries for years but kept out of Europe the past three years hecause of war-time prohibition of shipments, is wel- comed everywhere in Europe now,—welcomed for the excellence of its performance, and quite as much for the beauty of its styles of body. The Chandler, represented in the British Isles by Messrs. H. G. Burford & Company, Ltd., of London, was exhibited by that old established English auto- motive house, at the great Olympia Motor Show, and was ‘quite the sensation of the show,” says a London cable. ‘‘Three hundred and seventy Chandlers were sold in two days.’* Apparently England is greatly pleased with America’s best styles in motor cars. The Chandler Offers Highest Value At The Fairest Price SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Secen-Passenger Touring Car, $1895 Seven-Passenger Sedan, $2895 Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, $1975 Four-Passenger Coupe, $2795 Four-Passenger Roadster, $1895 Limousine, $3395 All prices f.0. b. Cleseland There are Chandler dealers in more than a thousand towns and cities CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO Export Department: 5 Columbus Circle, New York Cable Address: ““CHANMOTOR” comicbooks.com