Life — October 12, 1928 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Political Satire from Life Magazine This page contains anti-Prohibition satire during the 1920s campaign season. The top cartoon shows a press agent pitching a political candidate's image to religious publications, humorously asking if they have "clothes on"—suggesting the candidate lacks substance or respectability. The "Anti-Bunk Bulletin" text mocks the Will Rogers presidential campaign, complaining it's attracting "darned many voters" and worrying about "unexpected guests." The satire suggests the Anti-Bunk Party (opposing Prohibition) maintains dignity despite lacking serious platform positions. The bottom cartoon shows two men, with one asking another to "give us a light from your Dunhill"—a reference to expensive cigarettes, satirizing wealth disparities or social pretension during Prohibition era when such luxuries became black-market status symbols.