The Wasp — 1894 — page 254: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **directory/advertising page** from The Wasp magazine, not a political cartoon page. The bulk of the content consists of paid advertisements for San Francisco Bay Area hotels, restaurants, and businesses from 1894. Notable advertisements include the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey ("Queen of Summer Resorts"), the Occidental Hotel, and various dining establishments. There is one cartoon-style illustration: a small figure promoting hair removal treatments by "Mrs. Nettie Harrison, America's Beauty Doctor," with a humorous before/after visual joke about baldness cure. The page reflects late-19th-century commercial culture and tourism promotion rather than political satire.