Judge, 1923-01-06 · page 10 of 36
Judge — January 6, 1923 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Auto Show Satire This page satirizes automobiles at an early auto show (likely 1920s-early 1930s). The cartoon showcases various novelty and practical vehicles with humorous descriptions, targeting different buyer demographics—families, delivery services, neighbors with muddy dogs. The satire mocks both: 1. **Vehicle manufacturers** promoting increasingly absurd features and designs as innovations 2. **Consumer culture** where people buy cars for impractical or frivolous reasons References to "mail order houses" and "heatless furnaces" suggest the vehicles are marketed as delivery vehicles during a period when motorized transportation was replacing horses. The bottom text fragments discuss unrelated topics (a patient's lucidity, war pacifism, Tin Pan Alley songs), suggesting this is a magazine page mixing satire, advertisements, and miscellaneous content—typical of Judge's format.
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