Life, 1920-11-25 · page 6 of 45
Life — November 25, 1920 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not satirical content. It's a Mimeograph machine ad from the A. B. Dick Company (Chicago and New York). The advertisement uses a photograph showing someone operating a Mimeograph machine. The accompanying text argues that while old craftsmen could produce fine work with inadequate tools, the modern Mimeograph enables quality results even without exceptional skill. It emphasizes the machine's precision—capable of producing 5,000 exact copies hourly of letters, bulletins, or drawings at minimal cost. The pitch positions the Mimeograph as democratizing quality reproduction work, making professional-grade output accessible to ordinary workers. This reflects early 20th-century marketing rhetoric celebrating industrial machinery as a great equalizer of human capability.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Old craftsmen did fine work even with inadequate machinery. The modern Mimeograph insures the finest of work even when especial skill is wanting. Real evolu- tion that! But always, care and neatness applied to the mimeographing process yield important rewards, In the hands of a careful workman, your Mimeograph will pro- duce craftsmanlike results—and perhaps accomplish tasks that you did not dream it could do. A matter for thought- ful consideration now! With microscopic accuracy the Mimeograph reproduces hourly five thousand exact copies of a letter, bulletin, drawing, or kindred matter, at negligible cost. Our booklet ‘W-11” will show you some of the remarkable things the Mimeograph is doing for others—and perhaps suggest new and better ways. It costs only the effort of the asking. A. B. Dick Company, Chicago—and New York. NINES APH comicbooks.com{y