Judge — February 21, 1920 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents a series of vignettes depicting people enjoying early radio broadcasts and phonographs—technologies still novel in the 1920s. Each captioned scene shows individuals or couples listening to recorded music and entertainment in their homes. The satire appears gentle: the title suggests people are entertained by hearing themselves or their peers through these new media. References include "Forrest Lamont Fucks his Music to Harness," "Frank Croxtons Gently Turns a Double Discover on his Stomach," and "Lucy Gate's Enjoys the Air from the Unused Shutters." The page satirizes the era's fascination with radio and phonograph technology as middle-class home entertainment. The humor lies in depicting ordinary people's earnest engagement with these modern conveniences—a commentary on how transformative and absorbing the public found these new broadcast technologies to be.