Judge, 1919-05-10 · page 2 of 32
Judge — May 10, 1919 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a full-page advertisement for the Addressograph machine, a business device that printed addresses and data onto forms and envelopes. The ad features a woman operating the machine at her desk, with the headline "Gets Business—Cuts Record-Keeping Expense!" The marketing pitch emphasizes speed (3,000 impressions per hour, "15 TIMES FASTER THAN A TYPEWRITER") and ease of use ("Anyone can operate!"). The smaller images at top show competing office equipment (a payroll filing system from Willys-Overland Co. and Henry Sonneborn & Co. stationery). This reflects the early 20th-century office automation era when businesses competed to offer labor-saving technologies to companies managing growing administrative demands.
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