The Wasp — September 20, 1879 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from late 19th-century San Francisco businesses: 1. **H.T. Helmbold's Buchu Extract** - a patent medicine claiming to cure bladder and kidney diseases, priced at $1.00 per bottle 2. **Cuermann & Co.** - hat merchant (336 Kearny Street) 3. **S.B. Wattson & Co.** - wholesale cigar and tobacco dealers (221-225 Front Street) 4. **J. Rentz** - wine and liquor dealer (919 Commercial Street) 5. **Gundlach's Celebrated Sludel** - American table wines The illustrations are decorative Victorian-era engravings typical of period advertising, featuring ornamental vignettes and product imagery rather than political satire or caricature.