The Wasp — 1888 — page 349: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It consists of business advertisements from San Francisco dated December 7, 1887, including: - Insurance companies (National Atlas, Boylston, Anglo-Nevada) - Shipping and commission merchants - A typewriter challenge advertisement - Food products (Perry's flour, Field's biscuits, Napa Soda Springs) - Various retail businesses The only illustration with a human face is an **advertisement for W.E. Lane's plumbing services**, featuring a portrait of a bearded man—likely Lane himself as proprietor branding. There is **no political cartoon or satire visible** on this page. The Wasp masthead appears at the top, but the content is commercial rather than editorial commentary.