The Wasp — 1887 — page 245: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **transportation and business advertising** rather than political satire. It contains railroad and steamship schedules for: - Southern Pacific Company (trains from San Francisco) - Northern Pacific Company - S.F. & North Pacific Railroad - Pacific Coast Steamship Company - South Pacific Coast Railway - Oceanic Steamship Company - Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company At the bottom left, there's a small advertisement for "**The Boss**" soda fountain, sold by Pacific Saw Manufacturing Co., featuring what appears to be a simple product illustration. The page demonstrates how 19th-century magazines mixed editorial content with extensive advertising. No political cartoons or satirical content are visible on this particular page—it's purely commercial in nature.