Judge, 1925-04-04 · page 2 of 36
Judge — April 4, 1925 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# "Who's Who in Judge" - Jack Farr 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