Life — July 15, 1920 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Hotel Pennsylvania Advertisement This is a straightforward hotel advertisement from *Life* magazine, not political satire. The page promotes the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City (located opposite Pennsylvania Terminal), inviting guests to tour its kitchens. The text emphasizes the hotel's scale and efficiency: it serves 6,000-10,000 meals daily and operates the "biggest hotel kitchens in the world." A memo lists specific consumption figures (25,700 rolls, 455 loaves of French bread, 160 loaves of sandwich bread daily) to demonstrate industrial-scale operations. The bottom illustration shows tourists and travelers of various types visiting the hotel, underscoring the advertisement's appeal to "discriminating travelers." The page includes a signed byline, suggesting an editorial endorsement rather than pure advertising copy.