The Wasp — 1881 — page 389: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It's a collection of commercial advertisements for San Francisco Bay Area businesses from what appears to be the late 19th century. The ads feature various enterprises: furniture dealers, breweries, foundries, clothing merchants, and health resorts like Paraiso Springs and Terrace Baths in Alameda. There is one small engraved illustration of the Philadelphia Brewery building, and a larger scenic engraving depicting Terrace Baths as "The Great Family Resort." No political cartoons, satirical content, or caricatures are visible on this page. The word "Wasp" in the masthead suggests this was a satirical publication, but this particular page contains only commercial advertisements typical of period newspapers and magazines.