The Wasp — 1887 — page 192: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertisement page** rather than a satirical cartoon page. The masthead shows *The Wasp* (Volume XIX, Number 11), a San Francisco weekly priced at 10 cents, dated Saturday, September 10, 1887. The page features commercial advertisements for local San Francisco businesses including: - Gypsy Queen Cigarettes (main advertiser) - Tailors, photographers, dentists, and boot makers - Merchants, pharmacies, and whisky distillers - Musical instrument dealers There is **one illustrated advertisement**: a bearded man's face promoting Carrhol Smoke Ball, a patent medicine claiming to treat various ailments including asthma and catarrh. No political satire or social commentary is evident on this page—it's a standard revenue-generating advertising section typical of 19th-century periodicals.