Judge, 1916-02-19 · page 2 of 28
Judge — February 19, 1916 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or editorial content**. It's a Columbia Records advertisement featuring a scene of well-dressed people in an elegant interior, apparently enjoying music together. The ad copy emphasizes how owning a Columbia graphophone (record player) provides endless home entertainment and enables spontaneous social gatherings ("impromptu parties"). The messaging suggests that owning this technology elevates one's social life and leisure time. The product shown—Columbia Grafanola 150—is priced at $150, positioning it as a luxury good for affluent households. The "Double-Disc" format allowed longer playing time. No political figures or satirical commentary appear present. This represents early 20th-century consumer marketing emphasizing technology as a status symbol and social facilitator.
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The hours need never drag for lack of entertainment if you have a Columbia in your home. And the longer you own a Columbia, the more you will enjoy it—the more you will know what it means and what it can mean in pleasure. Joy-filled evenings, the liveliest times, little impromptu parties—no end of ways in which the Columbia may be used. There’s a Columbia dealer near you who can bring these delights —the delights of commanding ‘“‘All the Music of All the World”’—into your home to-day. New Columbia Records on sale the 20th of ccery month. Columbia Graphophone Co. Woolworth Bidg.. New Y: neces te Canada: Free DUE: Columbia Grafonola 150- Price $150 comicbooks.com