The Wasp — 1888 — page 409: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It features numerous San Francisco business advertisements from what appears to be the late 19th or early 20th century, arranged in columns around the margins and throughout. The central content advertises: - **John Wieland's Lager Beer** (100,350 barrels sold) - **San Francisco Stock Brewery** (ale and porter) - **Eclipse** sparkling wine - **Valentine Hassmer's Lung Cough Syrup** - **The Baldwin Hotel** (described as "the leading hotel of San Francisco") Other ads promote local services: artificial stone, undertakers, champagne, whiskeys, furniture storage, and pianos. The page serves as a commercial directory rather than satirical commentary, showcasing San Francisco's major industries and businesses of that era.