Life, 1926-10-14 · page 29 of 44
Life — October 14, 1926 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for Grebe radio receivers**, not political satire. The cartoon satirizes radio technology itself rather than political figures. The illustration shows a figure playing music from sheet music into a large horn/speaker (left), while another figure operates a Grebe Syncrophase radio receiver (right), controlling the incoming audio quality. Musical notes float between them. **The joke:** The caption "Controlled!" suggests that unlike a "loud speaker" (which blasts uncontrolled sound), the Grebe receiver lets you control the tone and quality of what you hear—you're not at the mercy of poor transmission. The smaller cartoon below shows "Binocular Coils" that "bring in the station you want; keep out the others"—a visual pun on the radio technology's selective reception capabilities. This reflects 1920s radio enthusiasm, when receiver quality and selectivity were major selling points for early radio sets.
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