Judge, 1932-05-21 · page 4 of 36
Judge — May 21, 1932 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is primarily **advertising content**, not editorial satire. Dunbar Glass Corporation of Dunbar, West Virginia is promoting their decorative glassware line called "Gay Nineties" crystal ware. The ad uses humor to sell cocktail glasses and novelty items featuring silhouetted figures in 1890s-style dress and poses. The headline "We Say It's Spinach and We Say To Held With It!" appears to reference contemporary slang (likely referencing a 1928 E.B. White cartoon caption that became popular). The advertisement highlights various glass products: Old Fashioned cocktail glasses ($7.50 for a set of 6), Highball glasses ($6.00), and an ice bucket ($3.50). The tone is lighthearted and colloquial, appealing to consumers interested in novelty barware and period-themed glassware during what was likely the Depression era.
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pie Indies 4 We Say It’s Spinach and We Say To Held With It! We Dunbar people can’t take our facts or leave them. As soon as a fact enters our factory, it's blown into glass. For instance, the fact that an Old Fashioned Cocktail (made with cither gin or rye)* is a man’s favorite drink. We said, "To Held with that idea!" and turned it over to our old glass-blower, John Held, Jr. He blew and drew with the result depicted above—the jolliest array of Old Fashioned Glasses you ever clapped your optics onto. The price? A mere pittance. Too trivial to mention. The entire set of 6 glasses for only $7.50, a different John Held figure on cach glass. The pinch-back Bitters bottle is a necessary adjunct, for $2.00 more. On the main floor we have tried to achieve a May Pole effect with 6 Highball Glasses and an Ice Bucket How much? Don't be absurd! We're only asking $6.00 for the 6 Highball Glasses and $3.50 for the Ice Bucket. If you look right to us, we throw in the ice tongs gratis, and that’s going some for Dunbar! The “Gay Nineties” crystal ware shown above may be had at better shops everywhere or postpaid direct on request. Dunbar Glass Corporation, 180 Dunbar Street, Dunbar, West Virginia. weno were ontre DUNBAR GLASS comicbooks.com