Judge, 1912-05-18 · page 12 of 24
Judge — May 18, 1912 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This appears to be a **contest announcement page** from Judge magazine (dated around September 1910), not a political cartoon. The page announces a "Picture Title Contest" soliciting reader submissions across multiple categories. Judge is offering cash prizes and magazine subscriptions for: 1. Best captions/jokes (under 50 words) — $10 cash 2. Best humorous poems (24 lines or less) — $5 cash 3. Best humorous short story (500 words) — $5 subscription The visible image above shows what appears to be an illustration or cartoon that readers would be captioning, though the image itself is quite dark and difficult to discern clearly in this reproduction. This is a **participatory engagement strategy** — Judge was inviting its readership to contribute creative content, leveraging amateur talent to fill pages while building reader investment in the magazine. This was common practice for humor magazines of the era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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