The Wasp — 1881 — page 103: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** rather than political satire. The main content includes: - **Joe Poheim's tailor shop** advertisement - Multiple **employment and business notices** (Crosett & Co. employment office, California Brush Factory) - **Hat vendor C. Herrmann** advertisement - **The Royal St. John sewing machine** advertisement - **Banking notices** from German Savings and Loan Society and San Francisco Savings Union The only satirical element is a small **self-promotional cartoon** showing "Ourselves as Others See Us"—a caricatured wasp, likely The Wasp magazine's mascot—establishing the publication's comedic identity. The page demonstrates how 19th-century satirical magazines supported themselves through extensive advertising while maintaining editorial content elsewhere.