Life, 1925-07-30 · page 4 of 36
Life — July 30, 1925 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes Packard Motors' engineering achievements across three transportation modes. The ad highlights: - **U.S. Navy dirigible Shenandoah** powered by Packard engines, which flew 8,100 miles - **Seaplane PN-9** with Packard motors, setting a non-stop flight record of 2,230 miles in 28+ hours - **Packard automobile** shown alongside a speedboat, emphasizing the brand's dominance in "air, land and water" The tagline "Ask The Man Who Owns One" was Packard's famous slogan. This represents corporate boasting about technological superiority during the 1920s aviation boom, when such records were major news. The ad conflates military/aviation achievements with consumer automotive sales—implying Packard's reliability across all domains.
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SUPREME—AIR, LAND AND WATER Packard Motors drove the giant Navy dirigi- ble Shenandoah on its record-breaking flight of 8100 miles. Packard motors enabled the sea-plane PN-9 to nearly double the previous world’s record for non-stop sea-plane flight by traveling 2230 miles in 28 hours, 35 minutes, 27 sec- onds—with a starting load of nearly ten tons. Ask The Man A standard Packard marine motor drove Rainbow III 1064 miles in 24 hours, a distance greater by 276 miles than any boat of any kind or size ever covered in one day. Packard's quarter century of experience in the design and manufacture of motors is available to all in the Packard Six and the Packard Eight. Who Owns One comicbooks.com