Life — April 28, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Life Retrospect" - WWI Reflections (circa 1928) This "Life Retrospect" page commemorates the tenth anniversary of America's WWI involvement. The central cartoon depicts a soldier asking a woman about going to a "Paris salon," to which she responds he promised to take her there—a joke about soldiers' wartime promises versus postwar reality. The text features prominent Americans reflecting on the war's impact: Henry Gaffonk (uniform cloth manufacturer), George Wilkinson (U.S. Zinc Corp director), and Reverend John H. Bassey discuss how the conflict affected their lives and industries. Their reflections range from personal (extensions built on estates) to patriotic (Liberty Loan campaigns). The "March of Events" section humorously recounts newspaper headlines from wartime, capturing the era's absurdist humor amid serious circumstances.