"'Spirit levitation,' photographed under 'test conditions' in Springfield, Mass."  From Spiritism and Common Sense by Carlos María de Heredia, 1922.

From Die Bühne, 1931.

"He whisked through the clouds with the speed of the wind."  From Queen Mab's Fairy Realm, 1901.

From Jugend, 1903.

"Playing a flying piano."  From Popular Mechanics, 1909.

From The Boy Mechanic, 1913.

Decades before The Flying Nun, there were the flying priests.  From Jugend, 1903.

From Die Muskete, 1938.

"The remains of our feast … marched out," from "The Mysterious Painting" by C. N. Barham, in Cassell's, 1893.

From c. 1890.

A press notice from magician Vernon S. Raymond, 1906.

From A Parody on Iolanthe, illustrated by H. W. McVicar, 1883.

Here's the mysterious floating signage of Motel McNeive, exactly as it was scanned by the Boston Public Library.