Life, 1923-04-12 · page 4 of 40
Life — April 12, 1923 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **Packard automobile advertisement**, not political satire. It appears in *Life* magazine (page 2) and promotes Packard's "Single-Six" model. The ad features two cars—a touring car prominently displayed and another model visible in the background near a street lamp. The text emphasizes that Packard's production of the Single-Six cannot keep pace with national demand, attributing this to public confidence in the brand's "engineering and manufacturing" and notably its "economy of operation." The specific model advertised is a **Five-Passenger Touring Car priced at $2,485** in Detroit. This is a straightforward luxury car advertisement highlighting market success and reliability rather than containing satirical commentary.
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PPACKARID The heaviest production in twenty-three years of Packard history falls far short of meeting the steadily growing national demand for the SingleSix. This is due, no doubt, in the first instance, to public confidence in the soundness of Packard en- gineering and manufacturing — greatly stimulated, however, by the record the Single-Six is estab- lishing everywhere for really re markable economy of operation. Touring Car, Five-Passenger, $2485 at Detroit comicbooks.com