From Ye Sundial Booke by T. Geoffrey Henslow, 1914.

From Caveat Emptor, 1972.

Today's teddy bear riding a giraffe is from Der Bärenspiegel, 1935.

Memories of college.  From Chatham's 1980 yearbook.

If the stars aren't out, you can wish upon any mysterious light in a tower.  From Lambuth's 1977 yearbook.

It's a silly pastime of ours to wonder about the books people are reading in old photos.  This student is reading Allen Drury's A Senate Journal, 1943-1945, which came out just before this yearbook was published.  From Colorado College's 1964 yearbook.

"The gazelle brings clothes to his master."  From The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1906.

From Westminster's 1968 yearbook.

"A time to weep."  From Stern's 1972 yearbook.

• acknowledges itself beaten.
• gives in totally.
• makes an apology.
• scratches without a good reason.
• feels ashamed of itself.
• forgives an injury.
• eats a cat.
• thinks it belongs to anybody.
• has nothing to do.
• has tender mercies.
• forgets being scruffed by its mother.
• can be over-indulged.
• leaves a home it has chosen.
• outgrows a love for play.
• tells a secret.

See How to Be Your Own Cat.

Your eye, like ours, might have identified the UFO flight path as a celestial sigil.  Rising to the call of duty, we created a print-quality symbol for those seeking to invoke contact.

Clipping from UFO Newsclipping Service, 1974.

From a c. 1910 postcard, courtesy of UpNorthMemories.

"Things were going well."  From McGill Daily, Oct. 30, 1980.

There are actually some good (though unspoken) reasons why magicians rarely attempt to pull rabbits from hats anymore.  Plus, this magician looks like our wizardly mentor Larry Hass, proving to our satisfaction that he's a time traveler.  From Unknown, 1943.