Life, 1921-03-10 · page 33 of 36
Life — March 10, 1921 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising and notices page** from Life magazine, circa 1921. The main content includes: **Notable Items:** 1. **"Save the Poe Cottage"** — A fundraising appeal listing donor contributions to preserve Edgar Allan Poe's Fordham, New York home, totaling $360.10. 2. **"Cupid's Blunder"** — A brief humorous anecdote about a man (Jim Peters) too shy to propose in person, so he calls his girlfriend Maggie by telephone. When she accepts, she points out he should have asked in person—he responds that he'll make *her* tell his rival George the news instead. The joke plays on early-20th-century courtship awkwardness and telephone technology novelty. 3. **Autographic Kodak advertisement** — promoting cameras that automatically date and title photographs. 4. Various other period advertisements (Lablache face powder, Purity Cross kitchen service, motors, sexual knowledge pamphlet, Europe tours). The page reflects 1921 American consumer culture and social attitudes rather than political satire.
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