The Wasp — 1893 — page 399: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising** for steamship lines, railroads, and patent medicines, typical of *The Wasp* magazine's revenue model. The two cartoons visible are: 1. **"The Bogus Camera"** (top): A crude sketch appearing to mock some fraudulent camera product or scheme, though details are unclear from the image quality. 2. **"Victory"** (center): Features a bearded man's portrait labeled "To the Unfortunate" - identifying Dr. Gibson's dispensary on Kearny Street. The accompanying text satirizes a quack doctor's dubious medical claims, with dialogue mocking his false promises to cure venereal diseases and other ailments. This appears to be *The Wasp*'s characteristic exposure of medical fraud and charlatan practitioners operating in San Francisco.