The Wasp — 1888 — page 47: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a **San Francisco business directory and advertising section** from The Wasp (December 7, 1887), not a satirical cartoon page. It features numerous advertisements for local companies including insurance firms, shipping merchants, furniture makers, biscuit manufacturers, and other businesses. Prominently displayed are ads for Pacific Bank, Field's Biscuit and Cracker Co., Napa Soda Springs, and various financial services. The only illustration with potential satirical content is a **Remington Standard Typewriter advertisement** at the top, which includes a "$1,000 Challenge" competition promoting the machine's durability and speed—typical boasting advertising rhetoric of the era rather than political satire. The page serves primarily as commercial content rather than editorial commentary.