Life — March 10, 1921 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is not a satirical cartoon page from Life magazine. Rather, it's a financial document—specifically, a **Balance Sheet from the New York Life Insurance Company dated January 1, 1921**. The page shows the company's assets (totaling $966,664,397.19) and liabilities, along with payment information from 1920. It highlights that over 200,000 new members joined in 1920, representing $693,979,400 in new business—described as "the largest new membership in the history of the Company." The page concludes with a Board of Directors listing and a recruitment notice for "energetic, educated young men" interested in life insurance work. This is corporate advertising and financial reporting, not political satire.