The Wasp — 1879 — page 312: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings** from a San Francisco publication (The Illustrated Wasp, page 317). The content includes: - Restaurant and business ads (The Fountain, bakeries, opticians) - Theater announcements, notably "De Madame Angot" opera and "The Egyptian Mystery" entertainment - A prominent illustration labeled **"OH AH! MULLER"** — an exaggerated caricature of a bearded man's face advertising C. Muller, "The Leading Optician" on Montgomery Street The cartoon appears to be **visual wordplay**: the caricature's exaggerated features (particularly the large eyes behind spectacles) humorously illustrate an optician's expertise. This is standard commercial satire/humor from the era — using grotesque portraiture to advertise services. The rest consists of routine business advertisements for cigars, clothing makers, and other San Francisco merchants from approximately the 1870s-1880s.