Judge — May 1935 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It displays liquor advertisements from the Prohibition era (the image quality and style suggest early 1930s). The main ad features **Rittenhouse Square Straight Whisky** (100 proof), bottled by Continental Distilling Corporation in Philadelphia. Accompanying it are bottles of **Dixie Belle Distilled Dry Gin**. The significance: This advertisement's appearance in Judge magazine during Prohibition (1920-1933) is itself notable—it suggests either the magazine was published just before Prohibition's implementation or this is from the repeal period (post-1933). The prominent display of whisky and gin would have been illegal or controversial during actual Prohibition enforcement, making this a historical artifact of American alcohol regulation.