The Wasp — 1888 — page 464: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily an advertising directory**, not a satirical cartoon page. It contains two main sections: 1. **Top section**: Advertisement for "DeWitt & Harris," a tea and coffee merchant business in San Francisco, offering wholesale rates on hotel teas and coffees with detailed pricing. 2. **Bottom section**: An extensive directory of hotels and boarding houses across California and the Pacific Coast, listing names, locations, rates, and proprietors—such as establishments in Bakersfield, Napa, Oakland, Oroville, and numerous other towns. There is **no visible political cartoon or satirical content** on this page. It appears to be a service/business directory typical of period magazine advertising, designed to help travelers find accommodations throughout the American West.