Life — June 18, 1925 — page 26: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical illustration contrasting medieval times with the modern era. The caption uses faux-archaic language ("In ye goode olde dayes / Hadde they hadde ye golf bugge") to joke that golf buggies are a modern invention, not ancient. The image shows a layered scene: the top depicts medieval warfare with cannons and soldiers; the middle shows pastoral countryside; the bottom features elaborately dressed nobles on horseback in what appears to be a hunting or recreational scene, styled to evoke medieval pageantry. The satire suggests that wealthy people have always sought leisure activities and status symbols—whether medieval hunts or modern golf carts—indicating that human nature and class-based recreation are timeless, not new inventions of contemporary society.