The Wasp — February 28, 1880 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements** for San Francisco businesses (bakeries, laundries, opticians, printing services, and cigarettes) rather than political satire or comics. The only illustrative content includes: 1. **"The Deaf Hear Through the Teeth"** — an advertisement featuring a bearded man's face, promoting a dental/hearing device by the American Dentaphone Co. 2. **"Baja California Damiana Bitters"** — an advertisement with an eagle illustration, marketing a medicinal tonic. 3. **A mechanical device illustration** (appears to be agricultural or industrial machinery). These are commercial advertisements typical of satirical magazine revenue, not editorial cartoons. The page demonstrates how 19th-century publications funded themselves through paid advertising rather than relying solely on editorial content.