The Wasp — 1892 — page 327: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains various San Francisco-area business advertisements from approximately 1868 (the Pacific Bank's founding date shown). Notable ads include: - **Pacific Bank** (San Francisco headquarters) - **John Wieland's Lager Beer** (largest Pacific Coast brewery) - **Champagne Eclipse** (by Arpad Haraszthy & Co., wine producers) - Various local businesses: hotels, a typewriter company, decorators, tailors The only illustrated content is a **Gold Dust Washing Powder advertisement** featuring a domestic scene with two figures and children, promoting cleaning efficiency—standard product marketing of the era, not satire. The page reflects San Francisco's commercial development and consumer goods available to 1860s-era readers.