The Wasp — 1878 — page 229: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and business notices** from October 1878 San Francisco, with minimal satirical content. The visible advertisements include: - **Hibernia Brewery** (M. Nunan, proprietor) on Howard Street - **Humboldt Brewery** engraving - **Sullivan, Kelly & Co.** paint suppliers - **Muller's Optical Depot** (opera glasses) - **The Wasp** itself (back issues, patent covers, stock exchange information) The only illustrated content with potential satirical intent is **Muller the Optician's advertisement**, which features caricatured faces—possibly mocking types of customers or playing on vision-related humor. However, the page functions primarily as a **commercial directory** rather than political satire, typical of 19th-century magazine revenue models.