The Wasp — 1893 — page 470: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and entertainment listings** for San Francisco theaters and sporting events, circa December 1899. The only notable image is a **portrait photograph of Miss Tillie Salinger**, accompanied by a "Physiognomical Studies" essay analyzing her facial features—a pseudo-scientific practice popular in that era. The essay claims her facial proportions indicate "good intellectual capacities," "calculation," and "considerable constancy." This reflects the period's pseudo-scientific phrenology and physiognomy movements, which purported to determine character and ability from physical appearance. The remainder comprises theater advertisements (Alvin Joslin in "Little Puck," Joseph Murphy in "The Donagh") and baseball game schedules, revealing San Francisco's entertainment landscape of the era.