The Wasp — 1888 — page 230: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It's the cover/masthead of *The Wasp* magazine (Volume XX, Number 12) dated San Francisco, March 24, 1888, priced at 10 cents. The ornate title treatment dominates the top. The remainder consists of commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses: piano dealers, whiskey distributors, photographers, dentists, patent water closets, investment bankers, and other local services. Notable is an advertisement for **Dr. Henley's Bitters** featuring a man's portrait, promoting it as a medicinal tonic—typical patent medicine marketing of the era. There is **no visible political cartoon or satirical content** on this particular page.