Judge — July 14, 1923 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "The Take-Off" (Judge, July 14, 1923) This cover illustration depicts a woman in a bathing suit performing an exaggerated diving or flying pose, with her legs and arms spread wide. Large black shapes resembling wings or fabric billow around her against a mountainous landscape. The title "The Take-Off" appears to reference aviation, which was a novelty and cultural sensation in the early 1920s. The cartoon likely satirizes either the growing participation of women in aviation (still shocking to conservative audiences) or perhaps mocks the exaggerated fashion and physical freedoms women were claiming during the Jazz Age—the "flapper" era. The specific reference or event remains unclear without additional context, but the cartoon appears to celebrate women's liberation and modern athleticism with humorous exaggeration.