Judge — August 13, 1910 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The End of the Automobile Craze" This Judge magazine cartoon satirizes the early automobile era's dangers and social disruption. The illustration shows a woman entering a police station (marked "PRIVATE"), presumably to report an accident or traffic incident involving the motorcycle parked outside. The caption "The End of the Automobile Craze" suggests the piece critiques how automobiles—then novel, dangerous, and poorly regulated—were disrupting urban life and public order. The cartoon likely reflects early-20th-century anxieties about motorized vehicles: traffic accidents, pedestrian safety, and vehicles colliding with established street culture. The woman's formal dress and the police station setting emphasize how automobiles affected everyday urban life and required new legal/law enforcement responses to manage the chaos they created.