Life, 1927-07-14 · page 2 of 40
Life — July 14, 1927 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a satirical cartoon page**—it's a straightforward automobile advertisement for Chandler automobiles from the Cleveland Motors Corporation. The image shows a 1920s luxury car displayed in an elegant garden setting with well-dressed pedestrians in the background. The ad uses the phrase "Inwardly and Outwardly Magnificent" to emphasize both the car's aesthetic design and mechanical performance. The advertising text highlights Chandler's competitive advantages: smooth, quiet operation; distinctive body design; the "Pikes Peak power principle"; centralized lubrication; and pricing ($945-$2,295) positioned as reasonable for the quality offered. The ad concludes with a direct competitive appeal: "Look around. Compare!" This represents typical 1920s luxury automobile marketing targeting affluent buyers.
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Inwardly and Outwardly Magnificent AR and wide, by word and manner, America is registering unfeigned admira- tion for the new Royal Eights and new Sixes by Chandler In numbers swiftly multiplying, these new Rights and Sixes are brightening and enliv- ening the nation’s highways and byways from ocean to ocean. Cars beautifully distinctive in body design. Magnificent in all the lite fine points of luxury and comfort, Fairly bubbling over with energy and stamina; and very smooth, very quict. On the road you'll notice how very few cars ever try to pass a Chandler on the hills —or attempt to outstep its quick getaway CHANDLER - CLEVELAND MOTORS CORPORATION CHAN ROYAL TIGHTS LIG SIXES in trafic, That very fact reveals the prestige and respect that Chandler has earned by the surpassing results of its Pikes Peak power principle. Chandler goes the limit, too, in offering a wide variety of models: Cars in four chassis sizes, in a total of twenty-eight beautiful body designs—all models possessing the “One Skot” centralized lubrication system, and dozens of other important advantages. And with the Sixes priced at $945 to $1895, and the Royal Eights at $2195 to (f.0.b. Factory), price is still another reason why Chandler is making such gallopir in sales. Look around. Compare! Jains CLEVELAND SPECIAL SIXES STANDARD SIXES comicbooks.com