"Mythology modernized.  Jupiter the son of (H)Ops," from Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1873.

"Braemar Badminton Club opening tea, Edmonton, 1953."

Monkey versus parrot: which would you wager to win?  Plus, here's some maledicta from a c. 1890 ad for luncheon meat.

"We must make the best of that which is, and must believe it best for the present, and accommodate ourselves to it" (Matthew Henry, An Exposition of the Old and New Testament, 1839).  (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.)

"Hope you had a happy hour."  From the USS Enterprise Special Collection of the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive.  C. 1943.

It's been said that there are many ways to fly.  Photo courtesy of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.

"The bottle is brought out for the first time: The husband induces his wife 'Just to take a drop.'"  From Temperance Tales by T. S. Arthur and illustrated by George Cruikshank, 1848.

From Make Your Game by George Augustus Sala, 1860.

You've heard of "His Master's Voice," but "His Master's Breath" smells like whiskey.  Date uncertain.

From The Great Grundy Romance by John Brown Smith, 1864.

From Vom Pfingstfest zur Weihnacht by Paul Osker Höcker, 1916.

Barrels of whiskey and moonshine are traditionally labeled with X's (one X being weakest and three X's being strongest, as we learn in One-Letter Words: A Dictionary).  But lesser-known is that coffee used to be roasted to a XXXX strength.  Our vintage coffee ad is from c. 1890.  The four X's on the vintage Coca Cola postcard below are, we think, unrelated.