Life, 1929-03-15 · page 2 of 44
Life — March 15, 1929 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an advertisement for Crane plumbing fixtures, not satirical content. The black-and-white photograph shows a luxuriously appointed bathroom featuring various Crane products—vitreous china, porcelain, marble, and enamel fixtures. The ad text emphasizes how different materials work together harmoniously without appearing "slavish" in their matching, highlighting the "individuality" created by Crane's range of colors and styles. The advertisement promotes both the aesthetic appeal and practical quality of their plumbing products, directing readers to nearby exhibit rooms and a book titled "New Ideas for Bathrooms" for further information. This represents typical early-to-mid-twentieth-century advertising copy emphasizing modern domestic luxury and consumer choice.
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FIXTURES, EAuTY of varied tastefully used materials, new and old, is seen in this Crane bath- room. Not slavish matching, but subtle har- monizing of the wider range of wares and hues brought by plumbing progress, gives individ- uality. Dusky gold-veined marble, enclosing the Tarnia tub of India ivory enamel-ware, is set against the deeper black of the vitreous china Corwith lavatory and Saneto closet. Making vitreous china, solid porcelain, marble, and enamel fixtures in a variety of colors, Crane Co. does not stop with supplying better materials. Without cost, it offers, at nearby Exhibit Rooms, and in the illustrated book, New Ideas for Bathrooms, full information on equipment for rooms suitable to cottage or mansion. Ask a responsible plumbing contractor abcut the economy of Crane fixtures, valves, fittings. VALVES, FITTINGS, AND PIPING, FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL Crane Co., 836 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago # 23 W. 44th St., New York © Branches and sales offices in one bundred and eighty cities comicbooks.com UsB