"Night balloon."  From The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard, 1907.

From Kladderadatsch, 1934.

"In dark and light … a long day" -- two chapter titles from Electa by Jennie M. Drinkwater, 1881.

From Line & Form by Walter Crane, 1900.

"From Darkness Into Light."  From The Life Beyond the Veil by George Vale Owen, 1921.

Light in Darkness by Sarah Robinson, 1876.

From Jugend, 1908.

Is that button for the light?

Yes, for the Light or Dark.

—The Judge, 1918.

"A dark light that falls from no star and emanates such sadness." —Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, 1987.

"Dark light promises way to talk with Mars."  We, too, use dark light to talk with Mars.  Therefore, this is one of the very few Popular Mechanics headlines we can vouch for.  From 1932.  Also, we always use dark light when painting with the "minus colors" from this other weird headline.

From Wayside Tales, 1922.

"You're all right—don't be frightened!"  From Wayside Tales, 1906.

"The only way out of the dark."  A detail from a postcard, date uncertain.