The Wasp — 1893 — page 344: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be the masthead/editorial page of *The Wasp*, "The Oldest Cartoon Paper in Colors in the United States." The page features the publication's logo (a man in top hat with a wasp) and contains editorial commentary rather than political cartoons. The articles discuss contemporary issues including: labor disputes (the Sailors' Union), California irrigation fraud (the Big Rock Creek swindle), Chinese immigration policy, and medical licensing corruption in San Francisco. The tone is investigative and reform-minded, exposing what the editors view as corruption and fraud affecting California. No specific political figures are caricatured on this visible page—instead, *The Wasp* functions as a muckraking journal attacking institutional abuses and criminal enterprises.