A complete, restored issue of Judge from 1894-08-11 — all 16 pages of color political cartoons and topical humor, free to page through at comicbooks.com.

On the cover: # Political Dime Museum This 1894 *Judge* cartoon satirizes a businessman who voted for Grover Cleveland in 1892 and now regrets it, displayed as a museum curiosity—"The Greatest Curiosity of the Nineteenth Century." The figure on the pedestal, labeled as this repentant businessman, is presented like a freak show attraction in a "Political Dime Museum." The cartoon mocks Cleveland's first term (1885-1889) and his return to office in 1893, suggesting his policies disappointed business interests. The attendants examining this "curiosity" represent the public and political observers finding it remarkable that any businessman would support Cleveland twice. The satire targets both Cleveland's unpopularity with commercial interests and the absurdity of such political reversals.

🖼️ Every page has a plain-English note on what you’re looking at — the figures, the references, the point of the satire.

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