Life — November 15, 1923 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features two illustrations depicting a football team reunion. The top image shows young men from 1882, drawn in a naturalistic style typical of the era. The bottom image, captioned "After Forty Years," shows the same team as older men four decades later, rendered in caricature style with exaggerated features—baldness, weight gain, facial lines, and prominent noses. The satire contrasts youthful vigor with aging's physical toll. The team was apparently known as "The Red Panthers" in football circles. By reuniting after 40 years and presenting both versions side-by-side, Life magazine humorously emphasizes how dramatically the players have changed, playing on readers' recognition of mortality and the passage of time—a common comedic theme in period humor.