Judge — December 8, 1894 — page 38: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon appears to depict a street scene with a storefront sign reading "DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM." The image shows what appears to be a German musical band performing outside the building, with several figures standing nearby. The OCR text references "The little German band played for an hour before th[ey discovered their mistake]," suggesting the joke involves the band unknowingly performing for deaf patrons—hence the irony and humor of their misplaced effort. This likely reflects period anti-German sentiment or stereotypes common in American satire. The specific context and date remain unclear from the visible information, but the cartoon ridicules both the German band's obliviousness and, implicitly, the institution's residents.