The Wasp — 1893 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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This page contains two satirical cartoons commenting on San Francisco society and politics. The upper cartoon, titled "DRESSING FOR THE PART," depicts wealthy figures displaying expensive goods and fashionable attire—likely mocking the pretensions of the city's elite class. The lower cartoon, "THE CIVIC IC," appears to satirize civic governance or political leadership, showing figures in formal dress. The *Wasp* magazine specialized in lampooning San Francisco's power structures, wealthy merchants, and political figures through caricature. Without clearer text identification of specific individuals, the precise political targets remain unclear, but both cartoons employ exaggerated physical features and situational humor typical of late 19th/early 20th-century American satirical publications that critiqued class divisions and civic corruption.