Life, 1927-02-24 · page 6 of 39
Life — February 24, 1927 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. It's a Mimeograph company advertisement from Life magazine promoting the Mimeograph duplicating machine. The ad highlights the machine's practical business value: it could produce thousands of exact copies of letters, forms, and documents quickly and inexpensively. The ornate border and oval frame containing the machine image are typical of early 20th-century advertising design. The text emphasizes the Mimeograph's "prestige" and market leadership over thirty years, positioning it as indispensable to industrial and educational institutions. The ad promises interested readers can obtain more information from A.B. Dick Company in Chicago. There is no political cartoon or satire present on this page.
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PRESTIGE A long and honorable record of real achievement is one of the Mimeograph’s proudest possessions. In unnumbered thousands of industrial and educational institutions throughout the world it is an indispensable “servant in the house,” performing substantial improve- ments and economies. Its ability to turn out hourly several thousand exact duplicates of letters, or forms, or blanks, or diagrams, or outline drawings, or kindred matter, in record time and at small cost, has given it its The work is done privately. No outstanding prestige. annoying delays in making ready. No type to set. No ex- pensive skill necessary. For more than thirty years the Mimeograph has led its field. What that leadership today may mean to you is set forth in our new booklet which will be sent by A. B. Dick Company, Chicago, for the asking. comicbooks.com