From Dominion Language Series Book Two by Daniels, Hall, Matthews & MacKenzie, 1936.

Young ladybirds.  From Outdoor Visits by Patch & Howe and illustrated by George Richards, 1935.

From Stage Costuming by Agnes Brooks Young, 1927.

"At last, I'm part of it all."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1967.

Here's a precursor to a photo from St. Procopius College's 1964 yearbook.  Depending upon how you rotate the illustration from 60 years earlier, he's an acrobat, taking a nap, feeling bored, or a plague victim.  From Lustige Blätter, 1904.

"I managed to keep all my illusions until I was 35, at least."  From Dark Shadows episode 798.

From Otterbein College's 1961 yearbook.

The hell-benders.  From Scribner's 1877.

From the University of Chicago's 1899 yearbook.

From The Duluth Herald, 1913.

From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1916 yearbook.

From Taylor Magazine, 1972.

From Western Reserve University's 1941 yearbook.

From The Children's Newspaper, 1933.

Words are cocoons in reverse.  "At last they break up into their letters—Out of them jumps the worm that was—His hairy feet tremble upon them." —William Carlos Williams, The Great American Novel

A collage of stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.

From The Story of the Earliest Times by Barker, Grimm & Hughes and illustrated by Mary Alice Stoddard, 1936.

From My Book About Mary and Bill by Felton & Meighen, 1940.