Judge, 1927-05-21 · page 19 of 36
Judge — May 21, 1927 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This appears to be a sequential comic strip showing a family's journey by truck, likely depicting Depression-era or Dust Bowl migration. The narrative follows characters leaving "Tarrytown" (a fictional location), with a telegram reading "JUST LEAVING TARRYTOWN / FAMILY ALL WELL LOVE AND KISSES / WIFIE" establishing the story. The strip satirizes nomadic travel and displacement—showing the family loading up, driving in a long convoy of similar vehicles, fishing, camping, and generally living on the road. The humor likely stems from the romanticization versus reality of such travels, depicting both the adventure and the hardship of traveling families during economically difficult times. The title "Judge" was a satirical magazine, so this strip probably mocks either the cheerfulness people affected while displaced or the absurdity of treating such difficult circumstances as a family vacation.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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