The Wasp — 1878 — page 132: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertisements and business listings** for San Francisco services (1870s-80s era), with minimal satirical content visible. The two small illustrated vignettes accompanying the "Feistel & Gerard" corn remedy advertisement appear to be humorous "before and after" images—likely showing a person in pain from corns, then relieved after treatment. This is standard advertising humor of the period, not political satire. The page's satirical value lies in its **context as a Wasp publication**, a magazine known for sharp social criticism. However, the actual editorial/cartoon content is absent here; what remains are commercial notices, medical advertisements (including dubious remedies like "Vital Restorative"), and business cards—which themselves may be objects of subtle mockery through juxtaposition. The page primarily documents **late-19th-century San Francisco commerce and services**.