The Wasp — 1888 — page 148: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertising page** from *The Wasp* (Volume XXI, Number 8, San Francisco, August 25, 1888), not a political cartoon. The page consists almost entirely of commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses, including: - Real estate and banking services - A tailor and photographer - Hardware suppliers - Whiskey and liquor dealers - A dentist - Medical remedies (Wilson's Vaporizing Inhaler for catarrh and asthma) - Investment banking - Patent water closets - Bitters products The only illustrations are **product advertisements featuring portrait engravings**: Wilson's Inhaler and Dr. Henley's Bitters, both showing male faces to promote patent medicines. There is **no political satire visible** on this page—it functions as a revenue-generating classified advertisement section rather than editorial content.