Life — April 23, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Contest Results Page This page announces the winner of Life's "Question Contest" asking readers to identify the worst city in the United States. The winner, Justus A. Grimshaw of Detroit, receives $50 for listing Detroit's problems: fires, slums, traffic congestion, architectural eyesores, and moral failings. The cartoon below depicts a Fourth Vice-President meeting a Salesman, with dialogue suggesting bureaucratic indifference ("I'm sorry, but you can't see the President. Salesman: in conference? No—indifference"). This satirizes corporate leadership's detachment from employees' concerns. The "Honorable Mentions" section on the right includes sardonic jabs at Chicago's crime and corruption, suggesting widespread public cynicism about major American cities' governance and conditions during this period.