The Wasp — 1888 — page 67: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It's from *The Wasp* (dated December 7, 1887) but consists almost entirely of commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses—insurance companies, shipping merchants, flour mills, biscuit crackers, and other goods. The only illustration with a human face appears to be an advertisement for "Nichol's Infallible Sure Cure" (a patent medicine), showing a bearded man's portrait. This was standard advertising practice; the figure likely isn't a specific political person but rather a generic representation meant to convey authority or trustworthiness for a medical product. **The satire, if present, is minimal on this particular page.** It functions primarily as a commercial directory.