The Wasp — 1896 — page 946: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is the magazine's masthead/title page, not a political cartoon. It establishes *The Wasp* as "the oldest colored-print cartoon paper in the United States," established 1856, published weekly in San Francisco at 10 cents. The header features decorative illustrations including a wasp and natural scenery. Below are publication details and several brief editorial commentaries on local issues: voting machines, quack doctors, medical fraud, election law reform, and Judge Hebbard's judicial conduct. The page functions primarily as institutional documentation rather than satirical content, introducing readers to the magazine's format, cost, and editorial voice before the actual cartoons and articles that would follow.