The Wasp — 1877 — page 263: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than satirical cartoons. It features business advertisements for San Francisco establishments including: - Hibernia Savings and Loan Society - Scollay's Aquarium - Doane & Co. (Shell Oysters) - Hibernian Brewery - Chicago Brewery - Henry Ahrens & Co. - Schlueter & Volberg (Carpets & Oil Cloths) - Candies, Candies (D. Canto & Co.) - Wine and liquor merchants (J. Gundlach & Co., S. Batson & Co.) The only substantive editorial content is a notice to canvassers promoting *The Wasp* magazine itself as an advertising medium. The page demonstrates how 19th-century satirical publications supplemented editorial content with paid advertisements.