The Wasp — 1891 — page 290: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **commercial advertising** rather than satirical content. It features steamship and railroad schedules and ticket information for various Pacific Coast transportation companies, including: - Pacific Coast Steamship Company - Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company - Northern Pacific Railroad - Pacific Mail Steamship Co. There is **one small cartoon** titled "Dr. Gibbon's Dispensary" in the lower right, depicting a bearded man's face (appears to be a medical quack or charlatan). The accompanying text warns readers that Dr. Gibbon makes "no charge unless medicine cures" and offers dubious remedies, suggesting satirical commentary on fraudulent medical practitioners—a common target of period satire. The page otherwise serves primarily as a commercial directory for San Francisco-era transportation services.