Life, 1921-02-03 · page 14 of 46
Life — February 3, 1921 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily a Mimeograph machine advertisement** from A. B. Dick Company (Chicago and New York), not a political cartoon. The ad features an image of a figure operating a Mimeograph duplicating device, with text emphasizing the machine's efficiency and cost-effectiveness for businesses and schools. The ad claims Mimeographs can produce "five thousand exact reproductions of a letter" hourly at minimal cost, requiring no special skill. The opening quote—"Victory in the long race comes to those who best endure"—appears metaphorical, positioning the Mimeograph as an enduring competitor among office equipment. This is standard early-20th-century business advertising promoting labor-saving machinery, not satire or political commentary.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Victory in the long race comes to those who best endure. More Mimeo- graphs have been sold to the business and educational institutions of America than any other duplicating device. This unmatched popularity is due to the saving the Mimeograph effects—and to its remark- able efficiency. Five thousand exact reproductions of a letter, or other typewritten sheet, it delivers hourly, at almost negligible cost. Drawings, designs, plans, etc., it easily duplicates, at the same speed, on the same sheet and in the one operation. No exceptional skill required! Cleanly! Its work is done privately— and under immediate executive supervision. No other office device so greatly multiplies man-power, or works more Get needed economies. Catalog ‘‘W-2”’ gives all particulars. it today from A. B. Dick Company, Chicago—and New York. \ \ comicbooks.com