Life, 1921-08-25 · page 29 of 34
Life — August 25, 1921 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **automobile advertising**, not political satire. The page contains two ads: 1. **Lafayette Motors advertisement** (top): Promotes the Lafayette automobile, priced at $4,850, manufactured in Indianapolis. The copy uses aspirational language ("made by men who know their work," "for those who love fine things") typical of early 20th-century luxury car marketing. The image shows a "Four-Door Coupe" in silhouette. 2. **U.S. Nobby Cord tire advertisement** (right): Promotes truck tires designed specifically for commercial use, distinguishing them from enlarged passenger tires. The portrait at bottom appears to be **Lafayette** (the Revolutionary War general), used as a brand namesake to evoke French elegance and quality—a common marketing strategy of the era. **No political satire is evident.** This is straightforward commercial content from Life magazine's advertising section.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
© SoME Day you will go for a ride in a LaFayette and forever after you will be its champion It is a car made by men who know their work, a car built for those who love fine things LaFayette Open Cars, $4850 at Indianapolis LaFAYETTE MOTORS CO?T"™ MK» at Mars Hill, \notanapouis U.S. NOBBY CORD Not an enlarged passenger tire, but a truck pneumatic designed and built for trucking condi While many ¢ passenger tires for commercial work, in the 444 and The Four-Door Coupe” comicbooks.com