Judge, 1930-02-22 · page 2 of 36
Judge — February 22, 1930 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily a **cigarette advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes Raleigh cigarettes, manufactured by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky. The ad features decorative packaging imagery—ornate cigarette boxes and cases arranged artistically—emphasizing the product's presentation. The tagline "It pays to pay a trifle more for RALEIGH" and the closing statement about "painstaking care about a package" position premium packaging as justification for higher cost. The notation "(PLAIN OR TIPPED)" indicates the cigarettes came in two varieties. There is no political cartoon or satirical commentary on this page—it is straightforward mid-twentieth-century tobacco advertising that would be illegal today due to modern restrictions on cigarette marketing.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
(PLAIN OR TIPPED ) a, poy lo Puy a brifle more jor RALEIGH CU this painstaking care about a package is merely an incident to a cigarette that deserves to be served and protected as well as it is made BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION - ++ Lowsrrle Kenluchy~ comicbooks.com