The Wasp — February 21, 1880 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content includes: **Main Advertisements:** - **Nicoll, The Tailor** (Branch of New York) - prominently advertised with pricing for suits, pants, overcoats, and dress coats - **C. Herrmann & Co.** - San Francisco hat seller - **S. Boreel Bros.** - Steam press printers in San Francisco **Left Column:** Contains brief humorous items and social notes typical of satirical magazines (brief jokes about money, romance, travel, etc.) rather than political cartoons. There are no identifiable political figures or satirical cartoons on this page. It represents the common practice of 19th-century magazines mixing editorial content with substantial advertising to fund publication.