The Wasp — 1878 — page 36: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It features: **Main Advertisement**: Nicoll, the Tailor's San Francisco branch, advertising custom tailoring services with pricing (pants from $4.00, suits from $15.00, etc.). The left side shows a detailed illustration of patterned trousers. **Other Advertisements**: Boot maker P. Kelly, French Savings and Loan Society, Albany Lubricating Compound, and various other local San Francisco businesses. **Magazine Subscription Information**: Details about subscribing to The Illustrated Wasp newspaper itself, emphasizing it as "the best illustrated paper on the Pacific Coast." The page contains **no political cartoons or satire**—it's a commercial advertising section typical of period magazines, showing how publications supported themselves through merchant advertisements rather than subscriptions alone.