Life — August 5, 1920 — page 45: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. It promotes Nunnally's candy, a Southern confection brand. The upper illustration depicts a romantic garden scene—a man presenting flowers to a woman in an elegant dress, with a Southern mansion visible in the background. This imagery evokes antebellum Southern gentility and romance. The ad copy emphasizes "Southern flavor" and "Southern witchery," marketing the candy through nostalgic appeals to Southern charm and genteel tradition. A decorative oval logo at bottom left reads "The Sign of Good Candy." The ad's romantic tableau and repeated "Southern" references suggest the product was being marketed to consumers seeking an idealized version of the Old South—a common advertising strategy of the early 20th century. There is no evident political satire on this page.