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An Ad Using a Visual Display of the Effect of Work on Longevity (1916)

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Earlier in this blog I made a quick post for an interesting graphic for the American School of Correspondence–here we have another design intimating a medico-sociological structure based upon income. It probably isn’t that far from the truth, though I  seldom see it displayed in such a fashion.  No doubt the difference in facial appearances and their associated income has to do with the level of work and the draining effect of long-term physical work.  This image was published in Illustrated World in February, 1916–at this point, life expectation for males was about 50 and females about 54

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