We changed the color of this book cover to green so that the lucky cat will bring you money.  From The Lucky Cat by Frances and Richard Lockridge and illustrated by Zhenya Gay.

Great news!  "'Your lucky star' is on the way to you!"  From The Film Daily, 1930.

Just in case you need to be persuasive today ... From the Wizardry 2 Handbook.

From Almanach de Bonne Fortune, 1770.

Takarabune, the treasure ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the Japanese New Year.  From Rockford's 1929 yearbook.

Reblog if you've ever given Petulant a good luck kiss.  From Mary Washington's 1961 yearbook.

From Almanach de Bonne Fortune, 1770.

From Nebelspalter, 1930.

From Almanach de Bonne Fortune, 1770.

Daikoku, Japanese deity of wealth and luck.  From Rockford's 1929 yearbook.

What would you wish for if you had three wishes.  From With Pencil and Pen, Language Lessons for Primary Schools by Sarah Louise Arnold, 1906.

Few people have heard of the tiny sea creature called the "ploshkin."  A web search for "ploshkin betty wales" will reveal all, as will this fashion history blog post about it.  From Chowan's 1917 yearbook.

This book failed to prove that Friday the 13th and broken mirrors aren't unlucky.  We remain unconvinced that old superstitions are useless.  From The Business of Life by A. B. ZuTavern and A. E. Bullock and illustrated by Leo Thiele, 1936.

There's a rabbit's foot in Southwestern's 1909 yearbook because all such tomes are occult objects.  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

From Die Bühne, 1925.

May your wish come true when you reblog this.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1935.

"Japanese talisman brings good luck."  From Popular Mechanics, 1914.

Some best wishes from 1910.