Judge, 1914-10-31 · page 23 of 24
Judge — October 31, 1914 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement**, not a political cartoon. It's a subscription pitch for *Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper* promoting their coverage of what appears to be **World War I** (referenced as "these stirring times"). The page draws a parallel: fifty years prior, *Leslie's* had published the best Civil War photographs; now they're repeating this feat with war correspondent James H. Hare and writer Peter Mac Queen reporting from Europe. The text emphasizes *Leslie's* has exclusive American rights to publish images from *The London Graphic* simultaneously with London publication. The layout includes portraits of Hare and a sample *London Graphic* cover. The appeal is to readers wanting historical documentation of rapidly-unfolding events—positioning *Leslie's* as the authoritative pictorial record of the war, valuable enough to bind into volumes. **No satire is present here**—it's straightforward marketing leveraging the magazine's historical credibility and exclusive access.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Fifty Years Ago Leslic’s gave to its readers what were then considered the best pictures of the Civil War. Today Leslie’s is repeating its record of half a century ago. James H. Hare easily the foremost of all intrepid’ war photographers, and PETER MAC QUEEN, the well-known war correspondent and writer, are in Europe for Leslie’s. The London Graphic the first of English Pictorials has given Leslie’s the exclusive American rights to pub- lish its wonderful war pictures simultaneously with their appearance in London, so when you buy Leslie’s you get the best illustrations and photographs of two great publications. Thes stirring times: never before in the annals of the world was history being made so rapidly. A file of Leslie’s for this year will make a volume that will be well worth binding. Subscribe now— don’t wait to regret your negligence. Subscription Five Dollars for fifty-two unusual numbers Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper New York comicbooks.com