The Wasp — 1878 — page 198: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses from what appears to be the late 19th century, including: - P. Fernandez Hat Bazaar - Dr. Salfield's Rejuvenator (a patent medicine) - Chicago Brewery - Doane & Co. (oyster dealers) - D. Hicks & Co. (book binders) - Pacific Saw Manufacturing Company - Humboldt Brewery - Krentz wine and liquor dealer - Miller's Optical Depot (with caricatured male and female faces) The illustrated advertisements feature decorative engravings typical of period commercial promotion. While the page header identifies it as from *The Illustrated Wasp*, the content shown here is commercial rather than satirical commentary.