The Wasp — 1888 — page 485: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains business advertisements from San Francisco and surrounding areas dated December 7, 1887, from *The Wasp* magazine. The only illustration with a human face is **Nichol's Infallible Injection Sure Cure** (lower right)—a patent medicine advertisement featuring a bearded man's portrait. This appears to be standard advertising imagery rather than political satire, promoting a dubious health remedy typical of the era. The other images are commercial logos: Sperry's flour mill, Field's Biscuit Cracker Co., Schmidt Label & Lithographic Co., and a rupture truss device. Without evidence of satirical intent or political figures, this page functions as a straightforward advertising section rather than editorial cartooning.