Life, 1922-06-08 · page 4 of 34
Life — June 8, 1922 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not political satire. It's a full-page ad for the Chandler Six automobile, placed in *Life* magazine by the Chandler Motor Car Company of Cleveland. The ad features a pastoral landscape illustration and a silhouette of the touring car, emphasizing "exclusive style" and "low price" ($1,595 for a Cleveland model). The marketing pitch highlights the car's engineering features—power, stability, and durability—while claiming it offers the best value proposition among competitors. The only non-commercial visual element is the romantic landscape sketch, which appears designed to evoke aspirational lifestyle imagery rather than convey any satirical message.
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NDLER SIX Is Obtained At Low Price COMME motoring will bring new happi- ness to the thousands who are driving this latest Chandler Six. Everywhere they go these owners will receive admiring tribute to its exclusive style and smartness. Before its surging power hills are leveled. In its low, road-clinging stability there is safety. Long and supple underslung rear springs rob the longest tour of fatigue. This new Chandler Six—newest car of the year in its advanced design and beauty— is amazingly low priced. No other car con- tests its supremacy in this respect. Not only this year but for years to come it will remain a stylish, efficient car, so econom- ical in service that it must inevitably prove the most profitable motor car investment you have ever made. “$1595 (TOURING CAR) THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY CLEVELAND comicbooks.com