The Wasp — 1879 — page 213: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily educational/explanatory rather than satirical. The main text details the leather-tanning and shoe-making process—describing how animal hides are converted into finished leather goods through chemical treatment, drying, and mechanical processing. The two illustrations support this content: one shows industrial equipment (likely a tanning apparatus), and the other depicts "Buzzings"—brief social commentary items about local San Francisco figures and events, including mentions of the Workingmen's Library, newspaper publisher Philip Jacobs, and various city characters and scandals. This appears to be instructional journalism mixing industrial explanation with gossip and local society notes—typical Gilded Age magazine content blending education with entertainment.