The Wasp — 1888 — page 149: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It's a classified ads section from *The Wasp* magazine featuring San Francisco businesses from the late 1800s. The main advertisements include: - **John Wieland's Lager Beer** — prominently featured with brewery imagery, claiming to be "the largest brewery on the Pacific Coast" - Various local services: undertakers, artificial stone companies, furniture storage, piano dealers - **Eclipse** champagne and sparkling wines - **Valentine Hassmer's Lung Cough Syrup** — a patent medicine - **The Baldwin Hotel** — described as "the leading hotel of San Francisco" There is **no political cartoon visible**. The page functions as a revenue-generating classified section typical of period magazines, showcasing San Francisco's commercial establishments and patent medicines common to the era.