The Wasp — 1888 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It consists almost entirely of commercial advertisements from San Francisco businesses dated December 7, 1887. The ads feature various enterprises: insurance companies (Pacific Bank, State Investment & Insurance Company), shipping and commission merchants, furniture dealers, food products (Field's Biscuit and Cracker Co., Sperry's Mills flour), and other goods. There's one product advertisement for "Nichol's Infallible Injection Sure Cure" and promotional content for Napa Soda Springs resort. The page's masthead identifies this as from *The Wasp*, a satirical magazine, but this particular page contains no visible political cartoons or satire—it's dedicated to revenue-generating commercial placement typical of period publications.