The Wasp — 1887 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# The Wasp, July 2, 1887 - Page Analysis This is primarily an **advertising page** rather than a satirical cartoon page. The masthead features decorative typography for "The Wasp" (Volume XIX, Number 1), dated San Francisco, July 2, 1887, priced at 10 cents. The page contains small illustrated advertisements and business notices. Two modest cartoon vignettes appear in the upper margins—one showing a rotund man eating (labeled "Eat & Grow Fat, it's Good—But One Must Drink!") and another figure with a fan saying "Oh Dear! How Sulky it is!"—likely promoting Napa Soda Springs as a health tonic. The remainder comprises standard commercial advertisements for local San Francisco businesses: photographers, tailors, pharmacies, bakeries, and whiskey distributors. No significant political satire is evident on this particular page.