Judge, 1929-02-16 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 16, 1929 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Cartoon Analysis This 1929 cartoon satirizes pedestrian safety in New York City. The caption "Man on Curb" reads: "Hey, Mister, that's not a pedestrian—it's Mike, my Robot!" The joke reflects contemporary anxiety about automobile accidents. The text above notes NYC's one-way streets for pedestrians and that police reported 60% of 1928's missing persons were hit by vehicles. The robot's presence—a figure with a camera head standing amid traffic chaos and scattered auto parts—suggests mechanized urban life has become so dangerous that humans are being replaced by machines. The cartoon mocks both the city's failure to protect pedestrians and the absurdity of suggesting robots as a solution. It's dark humor about modernity's toll on urban safety.
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