The Wasp — 1888 — page 268: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire or editorial cartoons. It's the back cover of *The Wasp* magazine's Volume XXI, Number 14, dated Saturday, October 6, 1888, published in San Francisco. The page displays various commercial advertisements for local San Francisco businesses, including: - Hat styles by M. Meussdorfer - Real estate brokers, photographers, dentists - Hotels (Palace Hotel) - Liquor dealers and whiskey brands - Patent water closets and other merchandise - Dr. Henley's "celebrated bitters" The decorative masthead announces "The Wasp" in ornate Victorian lettering. This is a typical late-19th-century magazine layout combining publication information with paid advertising revenue.