Judge, 1922-07-29 · page 13 of 36
Judge — July 29, 1922 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous illustration by Orson Lowell depicting a rescue scene at Peconic Bay (a real location on Long Island). The joke centers on a rescued person asking where they are so they can send a postcard to their mother describing "what it was I swallowed"—implying they nearly drowned and ingested water from this bay. The humor is straightforward physical comedy: the rescued person wants to document their near-death experience by identifying the specific body of water that almost killed them. It's a lighthearted take on a potentially serious maritime accident, typical of Judge's satirical approach to contemporary events. The detailed pen-work captures the dramatic rescue with multiple figures in and around boats.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Drawn by Orson LOWELL, FULL DETAILS The Rescued—What do you call this place, anyhow? “This here’s Peconic Bay.” “All right—I just wanted to post-card mother what it was I swallowed.”