Judge, 1914-05-02 · page 39 of 41
Judge — May 2, 1914 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or cartoon content**. It's a Hamburg-American Line cruise ship advertisement from Judge magazine, circa 1915. The ad promotes luxury ocean liners—the S.S. Vaterland and S.S. Imperator—as "World's Largest Ships" offering transatlantic service and around-the-world cruises. The small airship illustration at top appears decorative rather than satirical. **Historical context**: This ad is notable for its **timing**. The Vaterland (a German ship with a German name meaning "fatherland") was advertised just before or during early WWI (1914-1918). Germany and Britain were already at war, making German passenger service to New York historically significant—the ad may reflect pre-war passenger normalcy or lingering peacetime commerce before American involvement. The page reflects early-20th-century luxury tourism marketing to wealthy Americans, with competitive ship comparisons and exotic destination promises typical of the era's travel advertising.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
IMPERATOR VATERLAND 919 ft. long, 52,000 tons World’s Largest Ships 950 ft. long, 58,000 tons In Regular Service to PARIS — LONDON -—— HAMBURG S. S. VATERLAND WILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK MAY 2ist Two Grand Cruises Around the World and Through the Panama Canal in 1915 By S. S. CINCINNATI, from New York, January 16th. Ports of call include San Diego at the time of the great SAN gee Mages ie By S. S. CLEVELAND, from New York, January Arriving at San Francisco at the opening of the PANAMA-| PACIFIC “EXPOSITION. Duration each Cruise 135 Days—Cost $900 up, including all necessary expenses ashore and aboard. Vacation Cruises to Jamaica and the Panama Canal By the well-known “Prinz” Steamers of the Atlas Service. Special Summer rates now ia effect—25 day Cruise, $115 and up. ‘To Colon and return, $110 up. gives information, plans tours, furnishes railroad and steamship tickets Our Tourist Department f'sny place in the world reached by regular trasspertation lines, HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE 41-45 Broadway, N. Y. Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Pittsburgh Chicago New Orleans Minneapolis St. Louis San Francisco Mootrea) comicbooks.com