The Wasp — 1893 — page 250: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content**, not satirical cartoons. It features promotional material for hotels and restaurants on the Pacific Coast, circa 1863, as indicated by the "Season of 1863" text. The left side showcases the **Hotel Del Monte** in Monterey, California with multiple photographs of its grounds, gardens, and architecture. The large advertisement emphasizes it as "THE QUEEN OF SUMMER RESORTS" with elegant accommodations at reasonable rates. The right column lists a **directory of San Francisco and Pacific Coast establishments**—hotels, restaurants, and saloons—typical of period trade publications that mixed editorial content with paid advertising. No political satire or caricature is present on this page. It represents standard 19th-century promotional publishing rather than The Wasp's typical satirical content.