Life, 1926-08-19 · page 31 of 37
Life — August 19, 1926 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This is a **travel advertisement**, not a cartoon or satirical content. It promotes Raymond & Whitcomb's luxury cruise services for the 1926-1927 season. The page advertises two major cruises: a "Round the World Cruise" departing October 1926 from New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco (priced from $2,250), and a "Round South America" cruise departing January 1927. Both voyages use Cunard liners and promise comprehensive global tourism—visiting all six continents, 21 countries, and 60 famous locations including Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, and Egypt. The marketing emphasizes exclusivity and completeness: this cruise allegedly includes more destinations than competitors and visits each country "at its best season." The globe illustration at top reinforces global scope. This represents 1920s luxury travel marketing targeting wealthy Americans interested in comprehensive world tourism—a novelty when international travel was rare and time-consuming.
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The only cruise to add the Far South to the Farthest East Sailing from New York, October 14, 1926 ~ from Los Angeles, October 29 from San Francisco, October 31 ~ Rates, $2250 & upward RAYMOND-WHITCOMB have once more planned a ROUND THE WoRLD CRUISE that adds the Antipodes to the Orient—that visits Australia & New Zealand as well as Japan, China & other countries of Asia. This is exclusively a RAYMOND-WHITCOMB route & the cruise program is the most complete and alluring ever devised ~~ There are visits to all 6 continents; to 21 countries or colonies; to 60 cities & famous places — Japan, with its ancient temples & its flowers; China, with its seething cities, the most fantastic in the world; quaint Korea, the Hermit Kingdom; India, with its relics of old emperors & its shrines & pilgrims; the great Australasian cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland, Wellington & Hobart); New Zealand’s spectacular fjords (Milford, Bligh &. George Sounds), the Maori Country, Rotorua & the wonderful Geyser Land in North Island; the Philippines; Java; New Guinea; Ceylon; Egypt; Greece; Italy & France. Few travelers go Round the World more than once & it is the aim of RAYMOND-WHITCOMB to include in this Cruise as much of the world as it is possible to visit in a single journey of reasonable length This is the only Cruise to visit every country at its best season & then to reach Europe in time for Spring Travel. On the 20,000 ton “Carinthia” the newest Cunard liner—designed especially for cruising & without question, the finest Cruise-Ship in the world today ~~ This Cruise is limited to four hundred passengers. Send for the Booklet —“ROUND THE Wortp Cruise” ANOTHER REMARKABLE WINTER CRUISE ~ ROUND SOUTH AMERICA Sailing from New York, January 29,1927 & returning April + Tr covers the entire continent in the 2 months that are usually required to see a scant half ~~ It visits the great cities — Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo & Santiago — the Straits of Magellan & the towering Andes — the Indian Country of the West Coast — pi old Lima & the mysterious Inca Ruins in ~~ Truly a wonderful tunity really to see South America > the popular Cunard liner “Laconia.” Rates, $oys 6 upward ~~ Send for the booklet — Round South America. Raymond & Whitcomb Company Executive Offices: 16 Parx Street, Boston, MassAcuseTts NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO comicbooks.com