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San Francisco News Letter and Wasp. Volume LXXXIII. Number 27. July 7, 1939

The Wasp-News Letter Publishing Company, San Francisco, CA, 1939

Original publisher's blue and white wrappers. Black and white illustration on the front cover shows three of San Francisco's iconic features, the Ferry Clock, Golden Gate Bridge, and a ferry. 10 1/4" x 13 5/8." Twenty-three pages, complete. Black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Back cover features a blue and white graphic illustration of yachts for the transpacific race from San Francisco to Honolulu. Former ownership stamp in the top margin of the back cover. "California Duplicate" stamp on front cover. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight splitting at the spine. The Wasp magazine was political and satirical magazine that ran from 1876-1941. It underwent several name changes; The Wasp, The Illustrated Wasp, The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, The Wasp: The Illustrated Weekly of the Pacific Coast, The Wasp: A Journal of Illustration and Comment, The Wasp News-Letter: A Weekly Journal of Illustration and Comment, and San Francisco News Letter and Wasp. While it is known for its political bent, The Wasp also talks about subjects such as finance, drama, society, art, literature, and music and offers a snapshot of life in the 1930s. The following are some of the articles and features in this issue: "Harry Bridges and Deportation," "San Mateo County Political Merry-Go-Round," "Telegraph Hill" [fictional serial], "Origin of Words," "Treasure Island: Fairyland on San Francisco Bay," "The Hundred Percenters!--A Tale of the Underworld (Second Installment)," "Golden Empire--The Refounding of Stanford University and the Work of George E. Crothers: Part II," "Traffic in Narcotics," "O'Dowd on Canned Manners," "Art and Artists," "Music Review," "Business in Brief--Financial and Industrial: Banking, Investment and Commercial Activities," "Here and There" [short articles about the impending war, World War II; Danzig; and Eleanor Roosevelt], "A Political Pepper Pot," "Who Was Who, and Is Who, in the Queensbury Game," "The Book Column," "The Realm of Women Today: 'All the World's a Stage,'" "On the Gayway: Clif Wilson's Monsters" [about a python exhibit at the Golden Gate Exposition], "Incubator Babies" [exhibit at the Golden Gate Exposition], "The Exposition Crashes All Gates," "An Almost Lost Art Is Loyalty!!," "The Stage," "California in the 60's," "Local Theaters This Week," "I Get Around," and "Sunshine and Shadows of Skid Row.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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