Judge — January 20, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This is primarily **a Columbia Records advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes recordings by Amelita Galli-Curci (a famous coloratura soprano), featuring her performing operatic arias including selections from Gounod's "Miracles" and Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." The page advertises Columbia Records' exclusive arrangement with the Metropolitan Opera's "greatest coloratura soprano." The central image shows a woman in operatic costume (the "Lucia" reference), with smaller scene photographs above. The advertisement emphasizes Columbia Records' prestige by listing other famous opera singers they've recorded (Lazaro, Fremstad, Sembach, Bonci, Gates, Macbeth), positioning the records as "living reflections of the art of the greatest singers of opera." No political cartoon or satire is present on this page.