Life, 1922-02-09 · page 29 of 34
Life — February 9, 1922 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a full-page advertisement for Whitman's chocolates, not a political cartoon. The page displays various decorative chocolate boxes and packages arranged as product photography, with a repeating decorative pattern of small figures in the background. The ad describes Whitman's "Quality Group"—seven different chocolate assortments with themed packaging, including "Pleasure Island Package" (designed like a pirate's treasure chest), "The Library Package" (shaped like a book), and others featuring nuts, caramels, and various centers. The company emphasizes that their products are available at authorized Whitman agency stores. This represents typical early-20th-century magazine advertising, showcasing luxury confectionery as gift items. The ornate packaging designs and variety of options suggest chocolates were premium products marketed to middle and upper-class consumers. There is no satire or political content on this page—it is purely commercial promotion.
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Quality Group THE SAMPLER—A happy selection from ten other popular packages of Whitman's. NUTS CHOCOLATE COVERED—For many tastes nut meats, carefully hand picked, blended with Whitman’s Chocolate are the ideal confections. PLEASURE ISLAND PACKAGE—A quaint and curious idea expressing the value of the chocolates in the symbol of a pirate’s treas- ure chest. A FUSSY PACKAGE — Selected chocolates with nut, caramel and other“chewey” centers. Contains no creams. SALMAGUNDI CHOCOLATES—A medley of good things in an artistic metal box. SUPER EXTRA CHOCOLATES—The pack- age, containing a wide assortment, that first made Whitman’s famous, back in 1842. THE LIBRARY PACKAGE-—Shaped like a book bound in hand buffed green and gold. The contents please every student of sweets. These await your pleasure in the nearby selected store which is the Whitman agency and receives its supplies direct from Whitman’s. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, Inc. Philadelphia, U. S. A. Sole makers of Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate, Cocoa and Marshmaliow Whip comicbooks.com