Life, 1925-04-02 · page 39 of 44
Life — April 2, 1925 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political content. It contains four commercial advertisements typical of early 20th-century American magazines: 1. **Brooks Brothers** (top): Established 1818, advertising gentlemen's formal wear—silk hats and morning coats—with their New York headquarters location and branch locations. 2. **Kermath Boat Engines** (bottom left): Marketing reliable marine motors emphasizing durability and dependability for boat builders. 3. **Burt and Packard "Korrect Shape" shoes** (bottom right): Promoting comfortable men's footwear branded "Foot Joy," claiming nine of ten men don't realize uncomfortable feet affect their outlook on life. 4. **Anatomif shoes** (mentioned at bottom): Also advertised by the same manufacturer. The page reflects consumer culture and industrial advertising of the era, with no political commentary or satirical intent visible.
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ESTABLISHED 1818 Bohs Britons: C@ CLOTHING Cocke Furnishing obs, MADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET NEW YORK Silk Hats, Morning Coats, etc. We have just issued a colored map of part of New York City BROOKS BROTHERS’ which will be sent to anyone mentioning a . LIFE Building, convenient to Grand Central, Subway, and to many of the leading BOSTON PALM BEACH NEWPORT Hotels and Clubs LITTLE BUILDING PLAZA BUILDING AUDRAIN BUILOING Tremont con. Boriston County Roao 220 Beucwe Avent ERMATH BOAT ENGINES Day-in and day-out dependability; a motor that starts first crack; rain or shine, after an hour ora month of standing; a motor that keeps going; and a motor that doesn’t need repairs or adjustment after every cruise — that’s the Kermath. It's a man’s motor—present at the propellor and absent Nine out of ten men have no con- —— ; : Foot Joy! ception of how comfortable their That's the kind of a motor that we have been building ; be. If you ase conscious for over 14 years. Over 20,000 in use. Used as standard 5 $ y, there's something wrong. equipment by 80% of the good boat builders. on feet into a pair of Burt and Packard “Korrect shoes with the wo ‘oot-Jo! s Write for most interesting details 2 zou! ‘get a new Worleok Za wonder tol Fe "t td Ae atti iy ‘A Complete Line of Kermaths 3 to 109 H. P., $135 to $1450 f right or see things as they are unless your feet are right. KERMATH MANUFACTURING COMPANY Ask your dealer about Foot-Joy features. 5870 Commonwealth Ave., Detroit, 5 Send for Booklet “IVhat Shoes to Wear.” Wellin = . 11 Bj Wellfhernn 8c, Forces, Ont, FIELD & FLINT CO., BROCKTON, MASS. A Ke rtm ath Alway s R uns | | Also makers of famous Qhatomif shoes for men comicbooks.com