Judge, 1932-03-12 · page 2 of 36
Judge — March 12, 1932 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not political satire. It's a travel ad from Intourist, Inc., promoting Soviet Union tourism to American readers. The ad paradoxically emphasizes openness and welcome ("American travelers are cordially welcomed everywhere") while showcasing Soviet achievements—massive construction projects, industry, power plants, and the Dnieprostroy Dam. The collage of Russian Orthodox churches, palaces, and modern industrial sites visually contrasts "age-old cities and ancient treasures" with Soviet modernity. The pitch emphasizes affordability ($10-20/day) and accessibility: solo or group travel, theater tickets, ballet. Special tours include an Arctic icebreaker cruise and tours to Turkestan. This appears to date from the **1930s**, when Soviet-American relations were relatively cordial and cultural exchange was encouraged, before Cold War tensions intensified.
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A New World of Travel Experience Awaits You in the Soviet Union MERICAN travelers are cordially welcomed everywhere in the huge and many-sided land where a new world in the making con- trasts vividly with age-old citics and ancient treasures of art and architceture. It matters not whether you come for pleasure or study— you are Inv ited to form your own conclusions and sce with your own cyes the old landmarks, and new institutions and industry. Travel is casy. Travel is comfortable. Travel is inexpensive. You go where you please, see what you want to see. Especially interesting are: bustling Moscow; Leningrad with its palaces; romantic Ukrainia; sunny Crimea; the Caucasus with their towering peaks; Turk- forms of social the historic cities of estan, New work, legislation, schools, Write for General Booklet AA3 INTOURIST, INC. 261 Fifth Ave. . . 304 North Michigan Blvd.,Chicago 7156S. Broadway . . Los Angeles or see your own Travel Agent communal life, Sovict scientific institutes are an experience to the visitor from the West. Rising before your vision will be the new gigantic construction projects, the industries, power plants, stccl mills, transportation of a country developing its vast resources with the most modern technique. Join a group, or go it alone. INTOURIST pro- vides everything hotels, meals, all transport ation, Sovict visa, tickets to the theatre, baller, opera—at ten to twenty dollars a day. Special tours of unusual interest: Arctic ice- breaker cruise; three tours to Turkestan; tour to the grand opening of Dnieprostroy Dam; . . New York Industrial Tours; Round the World in Sixty Days via the Trans-Siberian Express. TRAVEL IN VIET RUSSIA comicbooks.com