Judge, 1925-04-04 · page 2 of 36
Judge — April 4, 1925 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page profiles Jack Farr, an architectural illustrator and artist. According to the text, Farr was born in the Woolworth Building and began drawing buildings as a child. By age five, he impressed William Randolph Hearst, who hired him for the *American* newspaper. After two years of newspaper work, Farr invested $50,000 in a specially equipped airplane with an attached drawing table, then began touring worldwide to create aerial "bird's eye view" architectural drawings for *Judge* magazine. The cartoon above shows Farr's work literally raining down on a cityscape—a visual pun on his process of dropping completed drawings from his plane each Thursday. The piece celebrates technological innovation and artistic entrepreneurship during the Jazz Age.
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JACK FARR ACK FARR was born on the roof of the Woolworth Build- ing, and as soon as he was able to hold a pencil began draw- ing buildings. By the time ne was five years old he was such a marvelous “Bird’s Eye View” artist that William Randolph Hearst sent for him and put him to work on the American. After two years’ newspaper work, he took the $50,000 and buying himself a spe- cially equipped aeroplane, with drawing table attached, began touring the world for JUDGE. Every Thursday he flies over our office and drops his drawings down. Watch for him! comicbooks.com