From Aesop: Five Centuries of Illustrated Fables, selected by John J. McKendry.

"The craftsman in cheese splicing for histologicals."  From Saint Francis College's 1939 yearbook.

From Purple Parrot, 1925.

From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877).

From Knox College's 1914 yearbook.

"Good luck!  Is my room a dog pound?"  From Scribner's 1876.

From Purdue University's 1923 yearbook.

"The man who was invited to all the parties."  From Saint Francis College's 1939 yearbook.

From The Man Elephant, A Book of African Fairy Tales, edited by Hartwell James and illustrated by John R Neill, 1906.

From Chatterbox, 1918.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to see another version of the image. From Chatterbox, 1915.

From St. Nicholas, 1914.

The reason we so rarely see giant dogs emerge from top hats anymore is simply that the effect wears out the hats so quickly.  There's almost always an economic reason for everything.  From Chris Turner, Magician by James Brady and illustrated by Lloyd Coe.

From Scribner's, 1878.

Angler versus dog: which do you wager for the win?  From Chatterbox, 1903.  

From St. Nicholas, 1897.

From Lebanon Valley's 1924 yearbook.

From Earlham's 1925 yearbook.

From Thornton Junior College's 1958 yearbook.