The Wasp — 1891 — page 110: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertising and editorial page** from The Wasp magazine, not a political cartoon. The left side features a portrait of **Gen. William H. Dimond**, a prominent San Francisco businessman and political figure. The accompanying text praises his influence in shipping, banking, and business, noting his roles in the National Guard and as a Republican political operative who served as Superintendent of the San Francisco Mint. The right side contains various local San Francisco advertisements (tailors, furniture stores, medicine) and two small items: a note about planting trees on Goat Island, and a comment referencing The Wasp's earlier criticism of massage establishments as fronts for prostitution. This is essentially a society/business page mixing promotion of local elites with commercial advertisements.