Here's a precursor to the dog-pulled sleigh in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  The question mark over the dog's head recalls the single antler in Grinch.  The whip master even holds a mask-like hat, just as the Grinch of course impersonates Santa.  From Duke University's 1922 yearbook.

From Purple Parrot, 1932.

From St. Nicholas, 1916.

From McGill's 1925 yearbook.

From The Cats' Arabian Nights by Abby Morton Diaz, 1881.

From the University of Chicago's 1898 yearbook.

From Chatterbox, 1898.

"The composer."  From The New Comic Annual for 1831 by Thomas Hood, 1830.

From Duke University's 1929 yearbook.

From Child-Library Readers Book Four by William H. Elson & Edna R. Kelly and illustrated by L. Kate Deal, 1924.

Just in case either of these rings might come in handy today.  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.

From Hampden-Sydney College's 1906 yearbook.

From The Fairy Housekeepers by Norma Bright Carson and illustrated by Hazeltine Fewsmith, 1917.

From Tulane's 1921 yearbook.

From Scribner's 1874.

From Lehigh's 1887 yearbook.

"Sin is a skinny word."  From Together, 1966.

From Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia's 1932 yearbook.

From The Cowardly Lion of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1923.

It's like a "gut feeling," only it's a "goat feeling."  "A feeling in your bones."  From The New Friendly Village by Mabel O'Donnell and illustrated by Florence and Margaret Hoopes, 1948.