The Wasp — 1876 — page 85: what you’re looking at

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This page contains two satirical cartoon sequences: **Top panel**: "How Charley Crocker benefited Mt Yung unintentionally" depicts what appears to be spikes or barriers being erected, with figures climbing over or around them. This likely references Charles Crocker (Central Pacific Railroad magnate) and suggests his actions inadvertently helped someone named Mt Yung—possibly related to Chinese immigrant labor issues or railroad construction conflicts of that era. **Bottom panel**: "How The Law Against Gambling is being enforced in San Francisco, under Chief Ellis' administration" shows police enforcement of anti-gambling laws. A man fishing outside a door and gentlemen gambling indoors with cards suggest selective or hypocritical enforcement—the law supposedly targets public gambling while private games continue unchecked. Both cartoons critique powerful figures' selective or contradictory applications of law and policy in 1870s San Francisco.