The Wasp — 1895 — page 1090: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising** for San Francisco theaters and entertainment venues (circa 1890s based on styling), with one small political cartoon in the upper left. The cartoon titled **"A Stiff Corpse"** shows two men examining what appears to be a dead body. The accompanying text quotes suggest dark humor about death and Arctic exploration: "Poor, long-dead body!" and "How so?" with a response about death "in the Arctic regions." Without additional context about who these figures represent or what specific political event this references, the exact satirical target remains unclear. The joke appears to involve either failed Arctic expeditions or perhaps commentary on a particular explorer or expedition of the era, but the specific reference cannot be determined from the visible image alone.