Life — March 1934 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# "Some of the People" - Life Magazine, March 1934 This page contains two distinct sections satirizing American institutions: **"Our Country"** mocks Harvard anthropologist A. Harvard's skull-measuring research on congressmen, suggesting they're examining politicians' brain capacity—a barely-veiled insult to their intelligence. **"Wheels of Industry"** features three cartoon panels about Wall Street brokers during the Great Depression. The text references an NRA (National Recovery Administration) investigation into labor conditions. The cartoons depict businessmen in top hats, likely representing wealthy industrialists or financiers, shown in what appears to be crowded, undignified situations. The overall theme critiques both academic pretension and corporate/financial exploitation during the Depression era, when such satire was common in Life magazine.