As we noted previously, we've seen figures cut out of photographs, but too often we forget that the cutout reveals the figures "light body" that continues to thoughtfully dwell in the scene.  From Armour Institute of Technology's 1928 yearbook.

From Modern English Writing by Douglas Bement, 1937.

From Wanderfolk in Wonderland by Edith Guerrier and illustrated by Edith Brown, 1903.

From Wee Wisdom, 1914.

"Why, there's more variety in Hell than what heaven can offer you. There are film stars, lawyers, politicians ..."  From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1961.

From Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1929.

From The Duluth Herald, 1915.

From St. Andrews Presbyterian College's 1990 yearbook.  This recalls the bizarre audiobook version of the crayon-optional  Minimalist Coloring Book.

From The Brother Bears by Anna Williams Arnett and illustrated by Ludwig & Regina, 1927.

"Be a live one if it kills you."  From Indiana University's 1934 yearbook.

Today's dancing lighthouse is from (Stevens Institute of Technology's) Eccentric, 1881.

From Northwestern University's 1896 yearbook.

From The Duluth Herald, 1914.

From Hartnell College's 1964 yearbook.

Safe from wolves while up a geyser.  From Hairbreadth Escapes of Major Mendax by Francis Blake Crofton, 1889.

From Aesop: Five Centuries of Illustrated Fables, selected by John J. McKendry.

From Horizon, 1948.

From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1935.

From Walter de la Mare's Down Adown Derry, A Book of Fairy Poems, illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop (1922).