From the Pandora yearbook of the University of Georgia, 1888.

From the 1891 Hopkinsian yearbook of Johns Hopkins University.  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

From Lustige Blätter, 1901.

Reblog if an imp has ever thumbed its nose at your neckwear.  From Le Charivari, 1842.

"She imparted to me those terrible secrets of the Black Arts which were deep in her soul."  From Weird Tales, 1936.

Vacuuming demons.  From The Judge, 1913.

"The imps," from Wesleyan College's 1902 yearbook.

From the UNC Chapel Hill yearbook of 1931.

This precursor to Mr. Potato Head is more of a pear.  From La Caricature, 1833.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

From L'Album Comique de la Famille, 1905.

This little imp was surprised to be part of a rebus in Zatmenie, 1907.

You've heard the song "Eight Days a Week," but did you know that each of the eight days has its own imp?  From Barnard's 1907 yearbook.

There's an ironic subliminal message in this book cover — the middle of the word "exposed," "pos," is highlghted by the box behind it, suggesting "positive."  Spirit Rapping Exposed by John Henry Anderson, 1860.  See Seance Parlor Feng Shui.