Precursors

Today's sheet ghost menacing a precursor to Marilyn Monroe appears in Northern Illinois' 1920 yearbook.

Here's a precursor to electronic music pioneer Michael Iceberg, whose "Iceberg Machine" was once a fixture at Disneyland's and Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland.  From Nebelspalter, 1958.

We spotted the band Ghost's frontman Cardinal Copia in St. Joseph's 1973 yearbook.

Here's a precursor to British explorer Bear Grylls flying over Everest.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.

Here's a precursor to selecting emojis.  From Park College's 1931 yearbook.

Here's a precursor to Laura Palmer being wrapped in plastic in Twin Peaks.  From Presbyterian College's 1983 yearbook.

Here's a "spaghetti western," 40 years before the phrase was coined.  The caption says, "Effect of a spaghetti dinner on members of a wild west show."  From Life, 1923.

Here's a precursor to the Addams Family's mustachioed baby Pubert.  The caption reads, "Young Mother (examining baby with magnifying glass): Harry, I'm simply tickled to death!  I believe that when Baby grows up he's going to have a dark mustache."  From Life, 1923.

Here's a precursor to the rappers Kris Kross wearing their clothes backwards.  From Duke's 1914 yearbook.

Here's a precursor to Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head.  From Le Journal Pour Rire, 1852.  Previously, we saw these other precursors: someone trying to eat the whole world, an enormous and alcohol-infused dessert, a huge pudding with a face, and a great big sausage that a horse warns against eating.

Here's a precursor to Eric Andre's "Ranch Dude" character that harasses innocent bystanders.

From Butler's 1982 yearbook.

Here's a precursor to the Bride of Frankenstein.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.

A car accident gets them hot -- a precursor to the Ballard novel and film of Crash.  From Le Régiment, 1913.

Here's a precursor to How to Be Your Own Cat.  From Le Régiment, 1913.

A precursor to the Eraserhead baby!  From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.

Here's a precursor to Pierre et Gilles.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.

Here's a precursor to looking at crazy pictures on a smartphone.  From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal this precursor to the "cone of silence" from Get Smart. From L'Album Comique de la Famille, 1905.