The Wasp — 1891 — page 366: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire. The dominant advertisements promote San Francisco Bay Area businesses from the 1880s: the Pacific Bank, John Wieland's Lager Beer (described as "the largest brewery on the Pacific Coast"), Champagne Eclipse, and J.M. Carmany's merchant tailoring services. The only cartoon visible is a small sketch at bottom-left showing two figures in what appears to be a casual domestic scene, with the caption "Wh touring ball did one time do, As though the air it flew and flew"—likely a humorous vignette unrelated to current events. The page functions primarily as a revenue-generating advertising section typical of satirical magazines of this era.