Judge, 1902-12-20 · page 2 of 52
Judge — December 20, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising, not editorial content**. It's a full-page advertisement for Williams' Shaving Soap from The J.B. Williams Co., with locations in London, Paris, Glastonbury Connecticut, Dresden, and Sydney. The image depicts a scene titled "Christmas Morning on de Ole Plantation" showing what appears to be enslaved people receiving shaving products as gifts. The advertisement uses this nostalgic plantation imagery to market shaving soap, claiming it brings "joy and gladness" to "shaving" year-round. By modern standards, this represents deeply offensive racial imagery and exploitation of slavery-era nostalgia for commercial purposes—a common advertising practice in early 20th-century America that romanticized plantation life while ignoring its brutal realities.
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ILLIAMS **sone” § “Christmas comes but once a year” with its joy ‘and gladness for “little shavers.” Williams’ Shaving Soap, with its big, thick, glorious lather, brings joy and gladness, comfort and satisfaction to all “shavers” every day in the year. Williams’ Soaps sold everywhere, but sent by mail if your dealer does not supply you. WILLIAMS? SHAVING STICK, 25. ‘SWISS VIOLET SHAVING CREAM, 50. LUXURY SHAVING TABLET, 2¢. TRIAL SIZE) WILLIAMS’ SHAVING STICK, 10c. tn Stamps, YANKEE SHAVING SUAP (Ré. oF S¢.), 10c. WILLIAMS’ SHAVING SOAP. Barbers’), 6 round cakes, 1 Ib; 4oc. Exquisite also for toilet. (TRIAL SIZE) WILLIAMS’ SHAVING TABLET, fc. In Stamps. WILLIAMS’ OLYCERATED TAR (Tollet) SOAP, 10¢, THE J. B. WILLIAMS CO, Grastonsury, Conn., U. S. A. PARIS, LONDON. DRESDEN. SYDNEY. comicbooks.com