Judge — June 23, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon satirizes taxi drivers in Chicago, likely from the early 20th century. A chauffeur operating an absurdly fantastical flying taxi ("Elijah Taxi Co.") has wildly overshot the passenger's destination, soaring over Chicago's skyline instead of reaching Paris or Berlin as instructed. The humor operates on multiple levels: the impossibly incompetent taxi driver, the surreal flying vehicle, and the final punchline where the driver dismisses the passenger's complaint by insisting they're already in Chicago—implying Chicago itself is so chaotic or unpleasant that missing a European destination by arriving there instead is somehow unremarkable. The satire mocks both taxi service unreliability and Chicago's reputation during this era.