Life, 1925-04-16 · page 3 of 36
Life — April 16, 1925 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The right side features a General Motors advertisement promoting telephones and automobiles as essential modern services. The ad uses a portrait photograph of a man at a desk (identity unclear from image alone) to represent business and modern life. The left column announces upcoming special issues of *Life* magazine, including a "Fresh Air Number" (May 7) and "Nautical Number" (May 14). Percy L. Crosby is credited as cover designer. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page. The content reflects 1920s-era commercial messaging celebrating consumer goods and transportation as markers of American progress and convenience.
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LIFE Announces — AN entirely new and unprece- dented line of Spring Humor, featuring the following Big Four— FRESH AIR NUMBER To be published May 7, in obedience to that springtime impulse which calls men out into the great open spaces. Always a fresh-air crank itself, Lire intends on this occasion to give a number of things the air. Percy L. Crosby—of Skippy fame— designs the cover. NAUTICAL NUMBER Due to be launched May 14, this Number will officially open the swimming, boating, bathing, fishing, and dredging season in the territorial waters of the U.S, A. This Number will contain nothing but new marine aterial, if we have to dredge the Sargasso Sea to get it. RADIO NUMBER The Average American Family, we is having a hard time these ceping the WOOF from the receiving set. Lire intends to look into the matter and on May 21 will broadcast the FACTS—what- ever they are. The cover will be another by Percy L. Crosby. COMMENCEMENT NUMBER Concerned (as you may have sus- pected) with the latest activities in our Halls of Learning, with special reference to the output of bond salesmen for the current year. This Number will appear on June 3, and will endeavor to lend the fledgling graduate a helping foot on his way out into the great world. These and six other Spring issues, which you may obtain for a dollar, constitute Ten Commanding Reasons for ac- cepting our Special Offer Now 598 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. Vease send me your full Spring Line (Ten Issues) for which Lencloce Ope Dollar “(Cana an, $1.20; Foreign, $1.40). (Canadian, $5.80; FACTS ABOUT A FAMOUS FAMILY Your ’phone and your car Your ’phone and your car—what would life be without their service? The telephone takes your voice where you wantit to be. The automobile takes you where you want to be—quickly, safely and economically. More than 8,000,000 passenger cars of General Motors are in active service. Each day they carry an average of 7,500,000 people an aggregate distance of 63,000,000 miles. GENERAL MOTORS Buick + Capmiac - CuevrotetT * OAKLAND Otpsmosite + GMC Trucks General Motors cars, trucks and Delco-Light products may be purchased on the GMAC Payment Plan. " Insurance service furnished by General Exchange Corporation. inp wr. 5 ve 1: New Perera Weer Uae oc of arch 3b Prted ts'U 5, Filed REST AS TR Sa BA Cara comicbooks.com