The Wasp — 1893 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a **directory of San Francisco business advertisements**, not a political cartoon. The left column contains sports and social commentary about local figures like Zelner (an Olympic Club member involved in boxing), Joe Choyński (a prizefighter), and references to racing and sporting club politics. The right side is an extensive **business directory** listing San Francisco manufacturers and merchants—furniture makers, safe companies, grocers, etc. The only substantial editorial content discusses Olympic Club scandals and prize-fighting controversies, but these appear as written commentary rather than cartoons. There are **no visible political cartoons or caricatures** on this page—it functions as a hybrid advertising/gossip publication typical of late 19th-century satirical magazines.