The Wasp — 1893 — page 270: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content**, not editorial satire. The top half features photographs of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California, with promotional text describing it as "The Queen of Summer Resorts" for the 1893 season. The right column contains a "Directory of the Best Hotels and Watering Places On the Pacific Coast." The bottom half advertises The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, described as "the model hotel of the world" with amenities like fire/earthquake proofing and electric lighting. While *The Wasp* was a satirical magazine, this particular page serves as a commercial venue rather than political commentary. The hotel advertisements represent typical late-19th-century tourism marketing, emphasizing luxury accommodations and modern technological conveniences to attract wealthy travelers.