The Wasp — 1879 — page 209: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains business advertisements from late 19th-century San Francisco, including: - Garden hose and decorating services - Cigars (multiple brands emphasizing quality) - A savings and loan society - Candies and confections - Book binding and blank book manufacturing - Hats and patent covers - Wines and liquors The only illustrated content shows **decorative vignettes** typical of period advertising—cherubs, classical figures, and ornamental designs—rather than political cartoons or satirical commentary. These images serve as commercial branding rather than editorial commentary. The "Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing" remedy ad uses before/after imagery common to patent medicine advertising of the era.