The Wasp — 1895 — page 606: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertising and directory listings** for San Francisco businesses from what appears to be the 1890s era. The main content includes hotel advertisements (Brooklyn Hotel, California Hotel, Occidental Hotel), restaurants, saloons, printing services, and other commercial establishments. The only cartoon visible is titled **"COLOR-BLIND"** — a caricatured face of a person in distress or anguish. The accompanying verse reads as social commentary on perception and deception, suggesting irony about blindness to truth. However, without clearer historical context about the specific satirical target, the exact political or social reference remains **unclear from the image alone**. The page primarily functions as commercial advertisement rather than political satire.