The Wasp — 1878 — page 85: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising rather than editorial content or satire**. It contains commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses including Dr. Spinney's medical dispensary, D. Canty & Co.'s candies, Scollay's Aquarium, and an architect named Schroeffer. The only illustrated content appears to be a small woodcut advertisement for Muller's Optical Depot featuring a caricatured face wearing opera glasses, presented as comic promotional material rather than political satire. The page also advertises The Illustrated Wasp itself, promoting its "Five Large Pages of Illustrations Weekly" featuring "Breezy Sketches, Pungent Squibs, Descriptive Articles." This appears to be a **revenue-generating page** rather than satirical editorial content.