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# Judge's Annual No. 6 (1891) - Title Page Analysis This is the title page for Judge magazine's sixth annual collection, subtitled "The Greatest Show on Earth." The ornate decorative border features flowering plants and botanical elements framing three horizontal banners with the publication's title. The page credits multiple illustrators (Hamilton, Fithian, Hurst, Woolf, and others) and notes the collection contains "poems and stories by well-known writers." Published by The Judge Publishing Company in New York in 1891, this represents a compilation volume of the year's satirical content. The "Greatest Show on Earth" subtitle was P.T. Barnum's famous circus slogan, suggesting Judge positioned itself as America's premier satirical spectacle—implying contemporary politics and society deserved mockery equivalent to circus entertainment.
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——-ILLUSTRATED BY—— ZIM, F. L. FITHIAN, HAL. HURST. M. WOOLF, @ HAMILTON, Co) A. 8. DAGGY, @ E. FLOHRI, } CHIP, VICTOR, GEO. GATCOMBE, LESLIE WILLSON, S. D. EHRHART, J. H. SMITH, F, M. HOWARTH, W. L. SHEPPARD, AND OTHERS. >< THE POEMS AND STORIES BY WELL-KNOWN WRITERS. eS SSS NEW YORK: THE Juper PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1891. PRELS OF FLERE & RIDGE PRINTING CO, FOTW AVENUE, KY. comicbooks.com