The Wasp — 1892 — page 394: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire or editorial cartooning. The top half features photographs of the Hotel del Monte in Monterey, California, with the tagline "The Queen of Summer Resorts" (Season of 1892). Below are numerous hotel and business advertisements for California locations—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and others. The images show the hotel's elegant Victorian architecture and grounds. The advertisements promote various establishments' amenities: modern plumbing, electric lights, dining facilities, and reasonable rates. There is **no political cartoon or satirical content visible** on this page. It functions as a travel and hospitality directory for late 19th-century California, typical of how magazines subsidized operations through paid advertising.