Judge, 1936-11 · page 2 of 36
Judge — November 1936 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Content Analysis This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not political satire or a cartoon. It advertises Seagram's V.O. whiskey—a "Fine Imported Whiskey, 6 years old, 90 PROOF"—featuring a bottle displayed with glasses of the drink. The ad uses a prestige endorsement strategy by claiming the product is "AS SERVED IN THE HOME OF William Rhinelander Stewart," described as a member of one of America's oldest prominent families in New York and Newport since the early 18th century. The marketing appeals to aspirational consumers by associating the whiskey with old-money, upper-class respectability and "high standards of good living." This appears to be from the pre-Prohibition or early post-Prohibition era based on the advertising style and design.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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