Judge, 1902-07-19 · page 13 of 16
Judge — July 19, 1902 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising mixed with light humor content** from an early 1900s Judge magazine. The top section contains **product ads** (Trimble Whiskey, Pabst Beer, Martell's Brandy, Mennen's Toilet Powder) using the era's standard marketing tactics—claims of purity, hygiene, and quality. The **humor pieces** are mild domestic jokes: one about a wife's plain dress (the cook copies her fancy ones), another about a chauffeur hitting a man but claiming he "can do no more" with his car. A third involves a stern parent questioning whether a suitor can support his daughter on ten dollars weekly. The **main feature** is an advertisement for artist **J. Montgomery Flagg's "Pictures of Fair Women"**—eight portrait sketches of beautiful women, printed on heavy stock, selling for $5.00 as a limited set of 1,000. This was commercial art marketed as collectible portraiture of "American girls." Overall, this reflects early 1900s consumer culture blending alcohol/personal grooming products with genteel art collecting for middle-class audiences.
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