From Taylor's 1975 yearbook.

Purple masque, from University of the South's 1940 yearbook.

A cat undergoing auto-hypnosis.  From The Life, History, and Magic of the Cat by Fernand Méry.

The first three photos in Hollins College's 1964 yearbook challenge the viewer's prescription lenses.

"It's sacred too."  From the University of the South's 1954 yearbook.

It's true that when one gets to a certain age, one looks better in silhouette.  From the University of the South's 1954 yearbook.

From Louisville's 1975 yearbook.

Hypnotized soldiers drank water they were told was whisky, got drunk, then slept with each other.  Make love, not war!  From Mechanix Illustrated, May 1945.

From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1967.

A wish for you: if you're ever trapped within a mirrored tombstone, may there be a reflective sheet of glass nearby so that you can at least see things unreversed.  From Centenary's 1974 yearbook.

A spirit photograph from Encyclopedia of the Unexplained by Richard Cavendish, 1974.

With progress, mop wigs are no longer exclusively comedic adornments.  We've come a long way.  From the University of Toledo's 1957 yearbook.

Here's some Droste effect from Memphis State's 1968 yearbook.

At first glance, we assumed she was gazing into a crystal ball.  Meanwhile, the 60s seem lifetimes ago, eh?  From Black Hawk's 1968 yearbook.

"Ever let the fancy roam."  From West Georgia's 1980 yearbook.

Not sure we get the joke.  From Northeastern's 1964 yearbook.

Florence Lake and her tiny bull.  From Cine-Mundial, 1929.

As we've hinted before, the glowing trees in old yearbooks constitute a worldwide forest that has to this day eluded the study of arboriculturists.  From the University of the South's 1989 yearbook.

From Cine-Mundial, 1929.