With the full moon and the lamp post as coordinates, this photograph may be used as a tool for facilitating time travel.  From the University of Washington's 1923 yearbook.

From The Business of Life by A. B. ZuTavern and A. E. Bullock and illustrated by Leo Thiele, 1936.

These photographs may be used to facilitate time travel.  From New Haven's 1971 yearbook.

"The chauffeur held the door open invitingly, but I hesitated."  Indeed, it's a good rule of thumb not to thumb rides from strange chauffeurs.  From The Leatherneck, 1932.

From Collier's (1902).

From Le Journal Amusant, 1895.

From Zhgut, 1906.

From Le Journal Amusant, 1901.

Putting the basket on the hood is as good a way as any to show the world that you're the sort of person who goes on picnics.  From Lustige Blätter, 1916.  We're designating this a precursor to Mrs. Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances driving around with snow skiis sticking out of her car to show the neighbors that she's the sort of person who might go skiing.

Cupids and car wrecks -- a recurrent theme in old French satirical magazines.  (In this case, it's a reference to auto racer Lydston Grandville "Cupid" Hornsted.)  From Le Régiment, 1913.

We've been on this road.  It's in Cornwall.  Frankly, there are lingering questions.  From The Business of Life by A. B. ZuTavern and A. E. Bullock and illustrated by Leo Thiele, 1936.

Not hubcaps but lens caps, and every race is a photo finish -- the camera car.  From Lustige Blätter, 1906.

The rainmobile of 1926.  From Fliegende Blätter.