The Wasp — 1894 — page 195: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertisement, not a political cartoon**. The page promotes "The Wasp's Gold Laque Premier Premium Watch," sold by the WASP Publishing Company in San Francisco. The ad presents a pocket watch with chain and fob as an affordable timepiece ($5) marketed as "the cheapest & best watch ever made." It features an American lever movement in a gilt case and is pitched as an ideal gift for boys. The decorative sunburst logo appears throughout as The Wasp's branding. A cut-out order form invites readers to send money to the publisher's office in exchange for the watch and a subscription to the magazine itself. This represents how 19th-century satirical publications diversified revenue through merchandise sales.