The Wasp — 1887 — page 384: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content**, not satirical editorial material. It features commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses circa the late 1800s or early 1900s, including: - Furniture and home goods companies - Piano dealers - Banking institutions - A brewery - Clothing merchants - An oyster saloon The only illustrative element is a **portrait of a bearded gentleman** (appears to be W.E. Lane, a plumbing company owner, based on proximity to his advertisement). This is a standard business portrait, not a political cartoon. The page header references *The Wasp*, but this particular section functions as a classified advertising directory rather than satirical content. Modern readers would recognize this as a historical business directory page.