From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.

Seems like an awfully large coffin for a mask, but you've heard of the "My tragedy is bigger than your tragedy" game.  From The Death of Tragedy by George Steiner.

From Strangely Enough! by C. B. Colby.

"I want people to know that ghosts do exist."  A doodle of a sheet ghost on a hearse window is as good as way as any to spread the word.  Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2004.

From our review of Strange Maine, illustrated by Peter Farrow.  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 Memphis State's 1964 yearbook.

From Gannon's 1960 yearbook.

From John Bellairs' Johnny Dixon in The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder by Brad Strickland.

The phrase "diploma for the dead" is a Googlewhack to this day.  From Duke University's 1922 yearbook.

True a century later -- the undertaker follows close behind Doctor Death.  From Medical College of Virginia's 1920 yearbook.

From North Texas State College's 1951 yearbook.

From Kenyon College's 1926 yearbook.

A precursor to The Nightmare Before Christmas -- "Candycanes [sic] and coffins."  From The Current Sauce, 1972.

Memories of college.  From Texas Western's 1964 yearbook.

From Unknown, 1940.

Memories of college.  From College of the Albemarle's 1964 yearbook.  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

From Nebelspalter, 1935.