Judge, 1931-06-13 · page 5 of 36
Judge — June 13, 1931 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# "Look, Papa! I found your watch!" This 1931 cartoon satirizes economic hardship during the Great Depression. A small child discovers a pocket watch in what appears to be an empty or depleted pocket—a visual joke about poverty and loss of wealth. The well-dressed man's shocked reaction suggests he'd written off the watch as gone, having fallen into financial difficulty. The cartoon's humor relies on the contrast between the child's innocent discovery and the father's desperate circumstances. During the Depression, many Americans lost savings, possessions, and livelihoods. The "Judging the News" commentary above discusses political and economic topics of 1931, though the specific references are partially obscured in this image.
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