Judge — February 15, 1919 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Adams's of Boston Take a Little Trip to Florida" This illustration by Robert A. Graef depicts a wealthy Boston family boarding a seaplane for a vacation to Florida. The cartoon satirizes the leisure activities of the upper class during the 1920s (indicated by the "1929" marking). The scene contrasts the family's formal attire and luggage with the aircraft's modest accommodations, humorously capturing how even the wealthy must squeeze into cramped early aviation travel. The grand resort building visible in the background establishes the destination's luxury appeal. The satire likely mocks either the pretensions of Boston's elite, the discomforts of early commercial aviation, or both—highlighting the gap between wealthy expectations and travel realities during the aviation age's infancy.