Life, 1921-06-02 · page 8 of 44
Life — June 2, 1921 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. It's a Manning-Bowman Quality Ware advertisement for Hotakold vacuum bottles and related products. The ad features an illustrated scene of people enjoying a country picnic under trees—a nostalgic, idealized image meant to appeal to consumers. The text emphasizes the practical benefits: keeping food cold for 72 hours and beverages hot for 36 hours. Various bottle sizes and styles are displayed with prices (ranging from $1.25 to $10.50), along with product categories like food jars, carafe sets, and jug sets available in nickel, silver plate, or copper finishes. There is **no political cartoon or satire here**—this is straightforward early-20th-century consumer product marketing targeting middle-class families interested in outdoor leisure activities.
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Food and Ice Cream Jar No. $26 Quart No. $16 Pint 33.9 $3.50 LUNCHEON OUT ALONG A COUNTRY ROAD, under the friendly shade of overhanging trees! That's when you really appreciate your Hotakold food jars and bottles—and bless them for holding so much! Cool, deli- cious salads, sliced fruit or berries sugared to a syrupy lus- ciousness, lemonade so frosty you can almost imagine you hear the cool tinkle of ice; or if you prefer, a steaming, fra- grant cup of your favorite coffee—and then the biggest treat of all—ice cream—as refreshingly cold and hard as though it had been stowed away in ice for hours! Once you’ve known the comfort and convenience of these Hotakold bottles, you’ll never travel anywhere without them. Hotakold vacuum bottles keep liquid icy cold for 72 hours and hot coffee or soups hot for 36 hours. All Hotakold bottles are practically made to give service as well as to be attractive. You'll appreciate them. And for your home, there are any number of attractive carafe and jug sets. You can get them in nickel or in beautiful colored and decorated enamel designs. For sale at department and hardware stores, jewelers and novelty shops. Write us for further information and booklet E-10 MANNING, BOWMAN & CO., Meriden, Conn. Makers of Household and Table Appointments in Nickel Plate, Silver Plate, Copper and Aluminum, Et. Set No. 184/12 jored, Decorated Black and White $19.25 Made under original Berger patent Food and E PENEURPEEEEELE UTE DE DEE PEDERNYEYEPELSENSANNENTANANNIITIN NYY PINT” ll Ice Cream Jar No. $23 Quart $6.25 No. $13 Pint $478 i i inn =— Quarts $4.25 Quarts $6.25 Pints $4.50 comicbooks.com