The Wasp — 1879 — page 389: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. The main feature is a large advertisement for "Nicoll, the Tailor" of New York's Branch location, prominently displaying clothing prices (pants from $5, suits from $20, overcoats from $20) and highlighting an "Electric Light" feature at their showroom. The page also contains advertisements for Emil Frese's Hamburg Tea (left column, listing various medicinal benefits), S.B. Watson & Co. cigars and tobacco in San Francisco, and C. Herrmann's hat shop, also in San Francisco. At the top, there's a brief natural history note about "Lent the Year Around, a Fishy Freak"—two specimens of *homo* fish discovered in Kentucky with unusual physical characteristics. No political satire or recognizable caricatures appear on this page.