"The old eleven pianos in one trick."  From The Martlet, 1972.

From Gilhooleyisms by Frederick Henri Seymour, 1904.

Is this some sort of Before & After pairing of photos?  Is the piano teacher searching for his pupil when in fact she's sitting right there in the grass, covering her ears in anticipation of her own sour notes?  And does she finally give in and attend her lesson with a dimly lit room?

From Rockford's 1971 yearbook.

Great band name for a spooky ensemble: "The Dead Beats."  From Olivet Nazarene's 1959 yearbook.

From Lustige Blätter, 1919.

From 1895, reproduced in Nebelspalter, 1958.

An illustration by Trier for Lustige Blätter, 1919.

Reblog if before a piano competition your rival asked to borrow your sheet music to refine a few details, and you let him, and then he went on to win first place.  And after your performance, your piano teacher rather brutally told you she thought you wouldn't even place in the competition, but you were so happy that it was all over that her prediction didn't sting (plus, you didn't feel that you did so poorly—you played a little fast, to be sure, due to nerves, but you got through it without a hitch).  And when they brought the trophy out, the presenter initially handed it to you, as if you were indeed the champion, even though you didn't actually place at all.  Reblog if so.

Shoes as musical notes?  We thought of this illustration from Colorado College's 1905 yearbook when we encountered a drawing of shoes on a piano at Rubel Castle in Glendora, California.

From Der Bärenspiegel, 1929.

"Civilized?"  From Concordia's 1921 yearbook.

From Lustige Blätter, 1901.