Life, 1926-06-17 · page 41 of 44
Life — June 17, 1926 — page 41: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a cartoon or satirical commentary**, but rather a **cruise ship advertisement** from Life magazine (page 35). Raymond & Whitcomb Co. advertises a 151-day around-the-world luxury cruise on the S.S. Carinthia, departing October 1926 from three U.S. ports. The elaborate illustration surrounds the ad with figures representing various world cultures and destinations—people in traditional dress from Japan, India, Egypt, the Middle East, and other ports of call. The appeal is to wealthy travelers seeking exotic tourism. At $2,250 and upward (substantial money in 1926), this targeted affluent Americans interested in seeing "the great traditional Oriental lands" and "spectacular Antipodes" with guided shore excursions to famous sites: the Great Wall, Taj Mahal, pyramids, etc. The decorative ethnographic imagery reflects 1920s attitudes toward non-Western cultures as exotic spectacles for Western consumption—a colonial-era tourist perspective now considered problematic.
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CRUISE ROUND the WORLD with RAYMOND-WHITCOMB on the new 20,000-ton “Carinthia” From New York—October 14 From Los Angeles— October 29 From San Francisco— October 31 Japan in Chrysanthemum Time; Java, Ceylon and India in comfortable January and February; Egypt and the Mediterranean in February and March. Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea (world cruise features established by Raymond-Whitcomb) during their midsummer Christmas holidays. Cherbourg and Southampton — March 8, 1927 New York again — March 18, 1927 151 days — 38,859 miles — $2250 and upward This cruise is notably complete and conspicuously well balanced. It visits not only the great traditional Oriental lands but also the spectacular Antipodes. Its shore excursions (covered in the rates) include Seoul, Peking, the Great Wall, Delhi, the Taj Mahal, Benares, Cairo, Athens, etc. Write for the Booklet-—Round the World Raymond & Whitcomb Co. 16 Park Street, Boston NewYork Philadelphia Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles comicbooks.com