"This light must live."  From Hearst's, 1921.

While others are sleeping, be awake.  From Mount Vernon Community College's 1967 yearbook.

From Ric et Rac, 1930.

Faced with a camera they don't say "Cheese" but rather "Zzzz's" -- the worshippers of Morpheus.  From Anderson's 1915 yearbook.

From Mount Vernon Seminary's 1952 yearbook.

Reblog if you have ever "slept for two" (or would benefit from twice the amount of rest you've been getting).  From The Judge, 1901.

Reblog if it takes a cat, a dog, a rooster, and a grownup to get you out of bed.  From Speaking Likenesses by Christina Rossetti and illustrated by Arthur Hughes, 1874.

From Die Bühne, 1929.

"Hum from the ornamental box on table produces a soothing effect to induce sleep."  From Popular Mechanics, 1927.

From My Fourth Tour in Western Australia by Albert Frederwick Calvert and illustrated by Walker Hodgson, 1897.

"A dream of the sweet bye and bye," from c. 1890.