Judge, 1900-12-15 · page 18 of 22
Judge — December 15, 1900 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **title/advertisement page**, not a cartoon. It advertises Judge magazine's "Colored Pages" section and credits two printing companies responsible for producing them. The page identifies: - **Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company** (Fifth Avenue and Sixteenth Street, New York) as the fifteen-year supplier of Judge's colored pages - **Charles Eneu Johnson & Co.** (Rose Street, New York) as the ink supplier The boxed text boasts that Judge is "only one of a 'thousand'" satisfied customers, emphasizing the printing company's capability to handle diverse, high-quality work. For modern readers: This reflects the technical complexity of color lithography in the pre-offset printing era. Judge relied on specialized vendors for quality reproduction. The advertisements showcase industrial pride in craftsmanship—a selling point when quality printing was a significant technical achievement and business asset.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Judge's Colored Pages have been lithographed for the last fifteen years by the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing and QnrrTer | Printing Company Jupce is only one of a“ thousand" of our pleased customers — for whom we print both humorous and serious things of great variety and up to the highest standard of the art. e———————ooooo BIS Fifth Avenue and Sixteenth Street NEW YORK JUDGE is printed with ink supplied by CHARLES ENEU JOHNSON & CO., No. 47 Rose Street, New York. comicbooks.com