Life, 1926-11-18 · page 3 of 44
Life — November 18, 1926 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **not a cartoon or satirical content**—it's a straightforward automobile advertisement for the Marmon Series 75, published in *Life* magazine. The advertisement promotes the Marmon automobile as a luxury vehicle, emphasizing twenty-five years of fine car building and "the most conservative prices in Marmon history." It highlights technical achievements: vibrationless capability, smooth power delivery, and precision engineering without "experimentation or doubt." The dark photograph shows the car's interior, though details are difficult to discern. The ornamental left border is typical of *Life's* design aesthetic from this era. The ad targets affluent buyers, offering prices starting at $1,305 f.o.b. factory and mentioning "convenient credit plan." This represents standard commercial advertising rather than satire or political commentary.
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Life new experiences await you « sries MAR MON(y5’ + + + the highest accomplishment of twenty — five years of fine car building + and at the most conservative prices in MAR MON history Those who have driven this new Marmon Seventy-Five say without hesi- tancy, that it is a car ahead of its day -+ never such vibrationless capa- bility ++ never such a swift and silent rising tide of power -+ there is absolutely no faltering, no tremor, no intimation of things mechanical ++ it is undoubtedly the greatest car ever given the Marmon name—the newest development of Marmon’s unswerving practice of holding fast to basic principles, all the while improving and perfecting them + in its entire precision-built mechanism there is not one iota of experimentation or of doubt—the most highly developed, we believe, of any American automobile ++ new pleasures are in store -- new experiences await you wide variety of distinguished body styles, both custom and standard -{- prices $3195 and upward f. 0. b. factory cars sold, if desired, on convenient credit plan -t- Marmon Motor Car Company, Indianapolis -{- -}+ comicbooks.com