The Wasp — December 13, 1879 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire. It features multiple commercial advertisements from San Francisco businesses circa late 1800s, including: - **Nicoll, the Tailor** (prominent central ad) advertising clothing and an "electric light" display at their Market Street location - **S.B. Wattson & Co.**, wholesale cigars and tobacco dealers - **C. Herrmann**, a hat retailer - Various other local businesses (music boxes, upholstery, billiards, zithers) - **Emil Frese's Hamburg Tea** (repeated extensively), marketed as a medicinal remedy for numerous ailments The page demonstrates how 19th-century satirical magazines funded operations through paid advertisements. The repeated Hamburg Tea ads suggest either significant advertiser investment or editorial endorsement. No political figures or social satire appear on this particular page.