The Wasp — 1889 — page 381: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and business listings** from *The Wasp* magazine, not satirical content. It contains: - Railroad and steamship schedules (Southern Pacific Company, S.F. & North Pacific R.R., Pacific Mail Steamship Co.) - Shipping and commission merchant advertisements - A small advertisement for "Tarrant's Extract" (a patent medicine) - Various business service listings The only clearly visible illustration is a **trademark or logo for Tarrant's Extract** showing what appears to be a classical or religious figure, typical of 19th-century patent medicine advertising. No political cartoons or satirical commentary are evident on this page. It represents the commercial content that sustained satirical magazines financially.