Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, September 1921 · page 2 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four separate advertisements: 1. **Stars and Stripes Publishing Co.** - promoting subscription to the military newspaper *The Stars and Stripes* for soldiers returning from WWI, offering cartoon collections and overseas connection. 2. **Bathing Beauties** - selling photographs of California bathing girls (3½ x 5½ inches) for 25¢ or $1.00 per assortment of six. 3. **Egbert Brothers** - distributing the bathing beauty photographs from Los Angeles. 4. **Captain Billy's Whiz Bang subscription** - a $2.50/year subscription coupon for what appears to be a humor/satirical magazine marketed to WWI veterans. The page targets post-WWI soldiers with nostalgia for France and comradeship, while simultaneously selling pin-up photographs and a satirical publication. No specific political satire or caricatures appear on this page.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Going Back to Paris, Soldier? Would you like to take another trip to France, visit the old fighting sectors and spend a few weeks in Paris? You can keep in touch with all the overseas days and with your comrades everywhere through The Stars and Stripes, the weekly