The Wasp — 1888 — page 461: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **transportation advertising**, not satire or political cartooning. It contains dense schedules and fare information for multiple railroad and steamship companies operating in California and the Pacific, including: - Southern Pacific Company (multiple divisions) - Pacific Coast Steamship Company - S.F. & S.D. Butter Dairy B.B. - Oceanic Steamship Co. - Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company - Pacific Mail Steamship Co. - Sonoma Valley Railroad The only illustrated element is a small advertisement for "THE BOSS" sawmill equipment by Pacific Saw Manufacturing Co. **There is no political cartoon or satirical content visible on this page.** It functions as a classified advertising and transportation schedule section typical of period publications.