From Colorado College's 1906 yearbook.

From St. Nicholas, 1914.

We love this sort of anthology that seems hell-bent to convince readers that the locality in question is plagued by vampires, werewolves, ghost ships, sea serpents, aliens, flying carpets, and other haunting anomalies.  Every region should have one!  From Strange Maine, illustrated by Peter Farrow.

From The Fir-Tree Fairy Book by Clifton Johnson, 1912.

From Cat Walk by Mary Stolz and illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

From Fables From Afar by Catherine Bryce, 1910.

Magpie versus dog: which would you wager to win?  From Chatterbox, 1898.

From Svetaet, 1906.

From William and Mary's 1910 yearbook.

"The jackdaw and his friends."  From Chatterbox, 1881.

From Chatterbox, 1920.

War profiteers swoop in.  From La Grimace, 1916.

From The Talking Thrush by William Crooke and illustrated by W. H. Robinson, 1899.

This is why we tend to disbelieve birds who tell us their names.  From The Adventures of Nancy and Nick in Scrub-Up-Land by Olive Roberts Barton and illustrated by E. R. Higgins, 1921.

From The Talking Thrush by William Crooke and illustrated by W. H. Robinson, 1899.

The three ravens.  From Europa's Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John Batten, 1916.