"Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course" (Henry VI, Part 3).  From Salem's 1929 yearbook.

From Lustige Blätter, 1919.

From Barnard's 1942 yearbook.

"The first fly of spring."  From In Defence of Pink by Robert Lynd, 1937.

I wonder if she liked her yearbook portrait.  From Atlantic Christian's 1974 yearbook.

Though Wikipedia won't tell you this, "Lavender's Blue," the old English folk song, was the original "[You Say Tomato, I Say To-mah-to,] Let's Call the Whole Thing Off."  "Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green."  Only in the folk song, they don't call the whole thing off just because they can't agree about the color of lavender.  Interestingly, the lyrics in the 1670s version began with the colors the other way around: "Lavender's green, diddle, diddle, lavender's blue," so the first rhyme used to be about "you" and not a once or future "queen."

"There's still another combination."  From The Film Daily, 1934.

From Kladderadatsch, 1934.

From Washburn's 1916 yearbook.

An illustration by Arthur Hughes for Speaking Likenesses (1874).

Reblog if you're the person on the other side of the wall (not pictured), waiting for whomever that is to go away.  From Lustige Blätter, 1919.

From Le Journal Amusant, 1911.

From Puss in Boots, illustrated by Richard Heighway, 1895.

We always hear of musicians selling their souls, but it's also conductors, recording engineers, even album cover artists.  From Witchcraft and Sorcery, 1973.

At first glance, we thought he was painting a mustache on the mermaid.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.