Category Archives: Wasp

Bidwell as Land Monopolist

Posted on May 1, 2020 by nancyleek

The San Francisco Wasp published this two-page cartoon on June 18, 1892. (Look below for larger versions of the pages.) On the left are farmers in Kansas, desperately fleeing tornadoes and floods. On the right, entrance to sunny, fertile California … Continue reading →

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Hydraulic Mining

Posted on April 28, 2020 by nancyleek

Here you have a cartoon showing a fat “Sacramento Farmer” beating down the poor “Hydraulic Miner” with his club of “Unreasonable Prejudice.” Uncle Sam is about to step in, saying, “See here, Rusticus, drop that [word lost in the gutter] … Continue reading →

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California Wants a Canal

Posted on April 7, 2020 by nancyleek

I like these cartoons that feature California as a goddess in all her glory, so here is another one. This one shows California looking peeved. What has her so exasperated? The caption reads: A YEAR OF PLENTY: California — What … Continue reading →

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How The Wasp Saw Women

Posted on April 5, 2020 by nancyleek

As much as I enjoy paging through the Wasp and looking at the cartoons, I have to acknowledge that it was a newspaper produced by men for men. Two cartoons from 1878 issues of the Wasp will give you a … Continue reading →

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Another Cartoon from the Wasp

Posted on April 1, 2020 by nancyleek

I am putting this one up just so you can admire the artistry of the cartoonist Charles Saalburg. It appeared in the Wasp on February 7, 1891. Sometimes the Wasp explained the cartoons, but I couldn’t find anything in this … Continue reading →

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Bidwell Cartoon

Posted on March 30, 2020 by nancyleek

John Bidwell is struggling to carry the burden of two nominations for governor of California in this cartoon by Charles W. Saalburg from The Wasp, August 23, 1890. Most of the political cartoons that appeared in the Wasp over one … Continue reading →

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The Wasp — California vs. Florida

Posted on March 28, 2020 by nancyleek

Here is another cartoon showing “California,” as she is depicted on the State Seal. The Wasp didn’t always explain its cartoons, but this seems to have reference to a short item in the paper: Word comes from Chicago that California … Continue reading →

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