Judge, 1897-05-22 · page 15 of 16
Judge — May 22, 1897 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a contest page from *Judge* magazine offering $250 in prizes for solving visual riddles. Each of the ten pictures represents the name of a well-known American town, rebus-style. Picture #1 shows a figure washing—representing "Washington." The remaining nine pictures use visual puns and wordplay to suggest town names through imagery. For example, Picture #4 appears to show a person on a bicycle, Picture #7 shows an animal, and Picture #8 shows what looks like a cage or crate—each designed to prompt solvers to guess the corresponding town name. Readers were invited to mail solutions to Judge's office with their name and address. The contest ran over multiple weeks with 40 total puzzles across the series. This was a common popular entertainment in early-to-mid 20th century magazines—combining humor, wordplay, and the appeal of potential prize winnings to boost readership and engagement.
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JUDGE'S PICTURE PUZZLES. $250. IN PRIZES. Here are ten pictures. Each one represents the name of a well-known town in the United States. You will see that No. | is Washington, and you will also see from this how to work out the other pictures. We have $260.00 to give away to those of our readers who solve these ten illustrations and THIRTY (30) others that will appear during the next three weeks. ist Prize = $100.00 | 6th Prize $10.00 2d Prize 50.00 | 7th Prize = 10.00 3d_ Prize 20.00 8th Prize 4th Prize 20.00 | oth Prize 10.00 5th Prize 10.00 loth Prize 10.00 A TOTAL OF $250.00 TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN TEN PEOPLE. . 10.00 9. Write the solution underneath each picture, cut out sheet and mail, with your name and address plainly written on the bottom thereof, to the “JUDGE PRIZE-PUZZLES DEPARTMENT, 110 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.” Mail it in time to reach this office not later than one week from date of publication—all solutions arriving later will be disqualified. PRESS OF FLEES & RIDGe PrinTina Co., FIFTH AVENUE, New YOnk. comicbooks.com |