The Wasp — 1878 — page 148: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily advertising rather than satirical content. The dominant feature is an advertisement for "Nicoll, the Tailor," a New York branch establishment at two San Francisco addresses, promoting rapid custom tailoring (pants in six hours, suits in one day). The page also contains various other San Francisco business advertisements including P. Kelly's Prize Boot Maker, a French Savings and Loan Society, tailors, a lubricating oil company, and other local services. There is a decorative illustration of patterned men's pants on the left side. The Wasp's masthead appears at the bottom, advertising subscription information for this satirical weekly publication. No political cartoons or satirical commentary are visible on this particular page—it functions primarily as a commercial advertising vehicle.