The Wasp — 1887 — page 45: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertising page** from *The Wasp*, a San Francisco satirical magazine. Rather than political cartoons, it features commercial advertisements for late 19th-century local businesses, including: - **John Wieland's Lager Beer** (the largest brewery on the Pacific Coast) - Hotels, restaurants, and saloons - Gas fixtures and home goods - Patent medicines (Valentine Hassmer's Lung Cough Syrup, Dr. Grosvenor's Plaster) - Champagne and wines - Furniture storage and woodworking services - The Palace Hotel The ads use period-typical imagery: building engravings, product bottles, portraits, and decorative typography. There are no identifiable political figures or satirical commentary visible. This appears to be a revenue page funding the magazine through local San Francisco business advertisements.