The Wasp — 1888 — page 210: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **title page and advertising section** rather than a satirical cartoon page. The masthead displays "The Wasp" in ornate Victorian typography, identifying this as Volume XX, Number 11, priced at 10 cents. The bulk of the page consists of **commercial advertisements** for San Francisco businesses: hat makers, whiskey distributors, photographers, dentists, patent water closets, investment bankers, and other services. Notable ads include Wilson's Vaporizing Inhaler (marketed as a cure-all for respiratory ailments) and Dr. Henley's patent medicines. The only illustration with potential satirical content is a **mustached face** accompanying Wilson's Inhaler ad—likely intended to suggest masculine vitality or health benefits, typical of late-19th-century patent medicine marketing.