The Wasp — 1891 — page 114: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**"An Excellent Advertiser"** (top cartoon): Depicts a thin man in formal dress with a cane, labeled as representing someone from Rosenthal's clothing store on Stewart Street. The caption is a sardonic advertisement playing on a local business name. **"Photographia"** (middle section): An illustrated advertisement for photography services, using humorous imagery about drug identification. **Main text content**: Articles discussing contemporary California political and social issues, including commentary on James G. Blaine's health, San Francisco's assessment practices, the Nicaragua Canal project costs, and Mrs. James Brown Potter's divorce case—topics clearly important to 1892 Bay Area readers. The page combines satirical commentary on local politics and business with period advertising, typical of *The Wasp's* format as a humor magazine.