The Wasp — 1888 — page 304: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings** for San Francisco circa 1888, with minimal satirical cartoon content visible. The main elements include: - **Theater advertisements** for local venues (Bush-street Theater, Panorama of the Land and Naval) - **Product advertisements** (Liebig's Extract of Meat, Epps's Cocoa, Tarrant's Extract) - **Dr. McNulty's Private Dispensary** ad (medical/pharmaceutical services) - **Salfield's Rejuvenator** (patent medicine claiming nerve tonic benefits) - **Dr. Gibson's Dispensary** (appears to advertise medical treatments) The poems on the left ("I Wouldn't," "A Leap Year Artiste") are satirical verse rather than visual cartoons. No identifiable political figures or specific social commentary cartoons are evident on this page—it functions primarily as a classified advertising section with entertainment listings typical of 1880s periodicals.