The Wasp — 1879 — page 224: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertisements** with minimal editorial content. The visible ads promote San Francisco businesses including: - **The Baldwin Hotel** - prominently featured with an engraved building illustration - **Antisell Pianos** - guaranteed quality instruments - **Gundlacher & Co.** - wines and whiskey - **Lone Fisherman Tobacco & Cigarettes** - **Slaven's Yosemite Cologne** - Various cigarette brands ("Smoke Old Judge," etc.) The left column contains brief **business notices** about pianos, ale houses, and macaroni factories—standard commercial announcements for the era. There are **no political cartoons or satirical commentary visible** on this page. It represents typical late-19th century magazine advertising mixed with local business announcements.