Judge, 1888-12 · page 46 of 51
Judge — December 1888 — page 46: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising copy**, not a satirical cartoon. The page features competing life insurance companies—Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York (left, President Richard A. McCurdy) and New-York Life Insurance Company (right, President William H. Beers)—presenting their credentials to potential customers. Each company displays its headquarters building and boasts financial achievements: Mutual Life claims $118 million in assets and $257 million paid to members since 1845; New-York Life advertises innovative "Nonforfeiture" and "Mortuary-Dividend" policies offering both insurance protection and investment returns. The "LARGEST! BEST!" banner at top suggests competitive boasting typical of Gilded Age advertising. There is no apparent political satire or cartoon humor—this appears to be a **Christmas Judge issue** featuring holiday-season advertisements from major financial institutions seeking to reach affluent readers.
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CHRISTMAS JUDGE a LARGEST] BEST] 4 | ORGANIZED 1845. ; PURELY MUTUAL. THE THE Nrew-YorxkK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. WILLIAM H. BEERS, - - President. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF NEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY, - - President. Originated Nonforfeiture Policies, and the Mortuary- Dividend, or Premium-Retarn, System. 3 | | al =F A, a Tbe NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ISSUES a/ ap- | 3 Assets Over, re Be $418,000,000. proved forms of policies on the purely mutual plan, Also, | Ea aa POLICIES WHICH. FURNISH— Ff Every Desirable Form ot PoliCy. | 1,.—INSURANCE AND A GOOD INVESTMENT, #f 2 man lives. | The NEW-YORK LIFE’S Nonforfeiting Free Tontine IT HAS PAID MEMBERS SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION Policies, by a new adjustment of premium to risk, and by Over $257,000,000. 1 improved methods of dealing with surplus and reserve, now | offer A Good Investment, in connection with the protection Its NEW Distribution Policy is the most liberal ever | of an insurance during a period of ten, fifteen, or twenty years. offered by any Insurance Company. 2.—INSURANCE AND A GUARANTEED MORTUARY-DIVIDEND, —__—_——_—. if be dies. . The following figures show the growth of the Assets of | IN CASE OF DEATH during these periods the Company will The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Guarantee @ Mortuary-Dividend to be paid (with the deatb-claim) FROM 1845 TO 1888, equal to one-half, or al, premiums that sal have been paid on the Reckoning a period of cvery ten years from 1845: | policy. 1 1845 - - : $97,490.34 | 1855 - - “ . 2,850,077.56 Do not insure until you bave seen full particulars of these 1865 - : Fs 12,235,407.86 policies. Do not fail to write the nearest Agent, or the Home 1875 - _ “ - 12,446,970.06 | Office, for such particulars—at once. 1885 - : - 108,876,178.51 SSS ea ‘ Tease ~ 2052520, aA peiaeenae The NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO, « 1,1888 - - - - 118,806,851.88 | 346 and 348 Broadway, New York City. comicbooks.com