Judge — May 28, 1910 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two racist cartoons typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American satire. **Top cartoon ("A New Device"):** Depicts a Black man in exaggerated dialect claiming he cannot solve how a horse entered a chicken coop. The "joke" relies on racist stereotypes about Black intelligence. **Bottom cartoon ("A Large Family"):** Shows a poor Black woman telling a visitor she has "seven" children, then clarifying she means "seven, mum, counting the pigs in the yard"—conflating her children with livestock for comedic effect. Both cartoons use dehumanizing caricature and offensive dialect to mock Black poverty and family structures. They reflect the deeply racist editorial stance *Judge* magazine maintained, presenting bigotry as humor for its white audience. The content is historically significant as documentation of systemic racism normalized in mainstream American media.