The Wasp — 1888 — page 321: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a directory of transportation schedules and advertising, not satirical content. The page displays timetables for Southern Pacific Company trains, local ferry trains, and various steamship companies serving San Francisco and coastal California routes. There is one small illustration labeled "THE BOSS" advertising a Pacific Saw Manufacturing Company product. The page represents typical late 19th/early 20th-century *Wasp* content mixing commercial information with the magazine's publication. While *The Wasp* was known for political satire, this particular page focuses on practical transit and commercial listings rather than editorial cartooning or social commentary. The modest "THE BOSS" illustration is merely a product advertisement, not political satire.