Life — September 12, 1930 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Cover, September 12, 1930 This is the cover of Life magazine from September 1930, priced at 10 cents. The dominant image shows multiple cartoon faces of different ethnicities and styles—male, female, young, old—all holding oversized ears of corn to their mouths as if eating or speaking. The satirical point appears to address corn consumption or corn-related issues during the Great Depression era. The diverse crowd likely comments on how corn affected Americans across demographic lines. The exaggerated mouths and corn-cob positioning suggests commentary on either agricultural abundance, food staples during economic hardship, or possibly political rhetoric about farming. The exact satirical target remains somewhat unclear without additional context from the magazine's interior.