The Wasp — 1889 — page 123: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **promotional advertising** rather than political satire. It showcases illustrations of Spokane Falls, Washington, designed to attract settlers and investment during the late 19th-century development boom. The four images depict: - A Victorian mansion (residence of local notable Hugh M. Cannon) - Agricultural landscape with irrigated fields - Interior of a commercial store at 119 W. Riverside Ave. - Another residential Victorian home The bottom illustration credits "Magaman-Lith" (a lithography company) and includes a San Francisco address, indicating this was produced for California publication. The content functions as boosterism—visual promotion of Spokane's residential, commercial, and agricultural development to encourage westward migration and investment, typical of turn-of-the-century regional advertising supplements.