The Wasp — 1889 — page 142: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily advertising, not editorial content or cartoons. It contains hotel and business advertisements for Sacramento, Stockton, and locations along the Pacific Coast and Eastern regions (California, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Washington D.C., etc.). The ads promote hotels, a bank, candy factory, sanitarium, and various other establishments popular during what appears to be the late 19th or early 20th century. The "Sanitarium of Los Angeles Co." and "Hotel Arcadia" represent typical period establishments catering to tourists and health-seekers. No satirical cartoons or political commentary are visible on this page—it functions as a commercial section of *The Wasp* magazine.