The Wasp — 1878 — page 486: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than satirical cartoons. It showcases various San Francisco businesses from 1878, including: - **Nicoll, the Tailor** (two locations) - offering quick, cheap tailoring services - **P. Kelley, Prize Boot Maker** - advertising patent footwear - **Hibernia Savings and Loan Society** - financial institution - **Myers, the Artist Tailor** - custom clothing services - **The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp** itself - promoting subscription details and summer train arrangements The page illustrates how 19th-century satirical magazines sustained themselves through commercial advertising. While The Wasp was known for political satire, this particular page contains no visible political cartoons or social commentary—just merchant advertisements typical of period publications.