Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, May 1921 · page 66 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #20 — page 66: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains two distinct advertisements: 1. **Top ad**: Egbert Brothers sells photographs of "California Bathing Girls"—likely pin-up style images marketed as risqué material for men ("just the thing for your den"). Pricing suggests these were mass-produced, affordable novelty items. This reflects 1920s-era popularity of bathing beauty imagery. 2. **Bottom ad**: A subscription coupon for *Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang*, the magazine itself, priced at $2.50/year. The reference to "Farmyard Philosophy and Foolishness" describes the magazine's humorous, folksy editorial style. The page demonstrates how early 20th-century magazines monetized through both advertising and direct subscriptions, while also revealing period attitudes toward women's bodies as consumer commodities and entertainment.
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BATHING BEAUTIES! Real Photographs of the famous California Bathing Girls Just the thing for your den! Size 3½ x 5½ POSITIVELY THE BEST ON THE MARKET ASSORTMENT OF 6 for 25c or 25 for $1.00 Send Money Order or Stamps. Foreign money not accepted unless exchange is included. EGBERT BROTHERS Dept. W. B., 303 Buena Vista St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. Wholesale agents wanted everywhere in U. S. Write for wholesale terms. If you like our Farmyard Filosophy and Foolish- ness, fill in this coupon. $2.50 per year. Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang, R. R. 2, Robbinsdale, Minn. Enclosed is money order (or check) for subscription commen- cing with....................issue MONTH 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