The Wasp — 1893 — page 502: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The left side features four photographs of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California, with promotional text describing it as "THE QUEEN OF SUMMER RESORTS" for the 1893 season, offering "ELEGANT ACCOMMODATIONS AT REASONABLE PRICES." The right side contains a directory of San Francisco restaurants, hotels, and watering establishments, listing businesses like Nevada Restaurant, Campi's Pioneer Italian Restaurant, and various saloons. Below are additional advertisements for Baltimore commercial printing services (Mt. Vernon Company), a San Francisco restaurant and bakery, and notices about opening saloons or stores. **No political cartoons or satirical commentary appear on this page.** This is a commercial advertising section typical of late 19th-century magazine layout.