The Wasp — 1879 — page 420: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. The Wasp magazine page (number 771) contains mostly commercial advertisements for products and services including: - Cooking ranges and ovens (Winthrop Portable Range) - Eyeglasses (Berteiling & Watry) - Hats and caps (K. Meusdorffer) - Steamship services (Pacific Coast Steamship Company) - A sewer trap invention (W.E. Lane's) - Corn/bunion treatments (Feister & Girard) - Garden hoses - Cigarettes (Old Judge brand) The only illustration with potential satirical intent is a small before-and-after sketch for the corn treatment, showing a figure's transformation. The page demonstrates how 19th-century magazines funded themselves through advertising revenue interspersed with content.