Life, 1928-06-14 · page 39 of 42
Life — June 14, 1928 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and subscription promotion**, not editorial content with political satire. The left side features a **travel ad for Canada Steamship Lines**, promoting cruises to Quebec's Saguenay region with romantic imagery of sailing and scenic sunsets—standard tourism marketing. The right side contains two advertisements: **Brooks Brothers clothing** (established 1818) promoting summer wear, and a **Life magazine self-promotion** announcing the publication's expansion and redesign. The Life subscription pitch lists prominent contemporary writers and illustrators (Will Rogers, Robert Benchley, John Held Jr., etc.) as reasons to subscribe for $5/year. This reflects Life's identity as a humor and satire magazine featuring top literary and artistic talent. The modest illustration at top left appears decorative rather than satirical—likely related to the Saguenay travel content. **No significant political cartoon or social satire is present on this page.** It's essentially a commercial/promotional page typical of magazine interiors from this era.
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Ba2rtRraar rE & ae Faster es f | | SAGUENAY HERE is a cruise of infinite variety . . . rambles in quaint corners of Old Quebec... superb golf and fishing on the links and lakes of Murray Bay and Tadoussac . . . finally the sail from the silvery St. Lawrence into the flaming Saguenay sunset. For full particulars, apply CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES 715 VICTORIA SQUARE, MONTREAL TORONTO, Ont., 46 Yonge Street; DETROIT, Mich., 419 Dime Bank Building; NEW YORK, N.Y., 535 Fifth Avenue; PHILADELPHIA, Pa., 202 Liberty Building; PITTSBURGH, Pa., 195 Union Trust Building; ROCHESTER, N.Y.,705 Temple Building; BOSTON, Mass., 216 Old South Building; BUFFALO, N.Y., Ellicott Square; CHICAGO, Ill, 112 W. Adams Street; CINCINNATI, Ohio, 117 Dixie Terminal Arcade; CLEVELAND, Ohio, Union Trust Building. ESTABLISHED 1818 Briols Brihert SCLOTHING lemteros Farnishing ods, MADISON AVENUE COR. FORTY-FOURTH STREET, WN. Y. Summer Clothes & Accessories Send for Price List of Suirts BOSTON PALM BEACH NEWPORT LITTLE BUILDING PLAZA BUILDING AUDRAIN BUILOING ‘Tatmont con. Boriston Country Rese 220 Brice Avenve tan MORE POWER [2s HIGHER SPEED __GREATER SCOPE Lire in its new dress is bigger and better. All the wit and humor of the old Lire plus new artists and writers, new features, and a new, compact and easy to-read form. Here are just a few reasons why you should subscribe by the year: Will Rogers Robert Benchley R. E. Sherwood Walter Winchell Baird Leonard John Held, Jr. F. G. Cooper John Kieran Gluyas Williams Henry Suydam Paul Webb Franklin P. Adams Russell Patterson Agnes Smith A. A. Wallgren Mile Gross Arthur Guiterman R. V. Culter C. H. Sykes Neal O'Hara The cover next week is by Miguel Covarrubias. Send LIFE for One Year, $5 Enclosed __NAME HERE (449) ADDRESS HERE es | MAIL, TO LIFE, 598 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK CITY comicbooks.com