The Wasp — 1887 — page 96: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and announcements**, not political satire. It contains: - Theater listings (Bush-street Theater, Alcazar Theater, Tivoli Opera House, etc.) - Real estate advertisements (Antelope Valley Lands, property sales) - Medical advertisements (Dr. Salfield's remedies, Dr. Liebig's vigor invigorator, Dr. Gibson's dispensary) - Commercial notices (shipping merchants, coal dealers, fur traders) - A portrait of a bearded man (likely Dr. Liebig, for his medical advertisement) The page reflects **late 19th-century American commerce and patent medicine culture**. The prominent medical ads—promising cures for vaguely-defined ailments—were typical of an era before FDA regulation, when fraudulent health claims were common advertising fodder in satirical magazines. No clear political cartoons or satirical commentary appears on this page.