Judge — February 23, 1924 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Aged in the Wood" — Judge Magazine, February 23, 1924 This satirical cover depicts a large jug or demijohn labeled with a face at the top, surrounded by brewing equipment and a small dog. The title "Aged in the Wood" is a pun referencing barrel-aging of alcohol. Published during Prohibition (1920-1933), this cartoon mocks illegal home distilling and bootlegging. The jug represents contraband liquor being secretly produced. The grotesque face suggests the cartoon is personifying alcohol or possibly satirizing a specific bootlegger or politician associated with illegal liquor production during this era. The humor derives from the open display of obviously illicit brewing activity—poking fun at how widespread and barely-concealed such operations had become despite federal law.