From Editing the Day's News by Bastian & Case, 1943.

On the contrary, we'd say this snapshot is good because the cat didn't jump out of frame.  From Using Modern Science by Smith & Jones, 1951.

"In photographs only can yesterdays live."  From Linfield College's 1931 yearbook.

The photo and how it was captured.  From St. Nicholas, 1890. 

From the Woman's College of Baltimore's 1899 yearbook.

From Movie Classic, 1934.

Oh no -- I'm committing all three of these common errors right this very minute!  From Popular Mechanics, 1942.

Yes, this absolutely counts as a "castle in the air."  From The American Annual of Photography, 1913.

The importance of black backdrop sides when silhouetting your skeleton.  From High Contrast by J. Seeley.

Here's a precursor to "garbage photography."  From Nebelspalter, 1932.

We spotted this satiated alligator at our local concrete statue shop.

The invention of the insta-print camera (with self-developing film) is credited to Edwin Land in 1948.  But you knew we'd find a precursor, and here's one from 1932.  From Nebelspalter, 1932.

We assumed this was an underwater photo of a swimmer.  It turns out to be a realistic theatrical recreation of someone drowning.  From Fairmont's 1985 yearbook.

Note the ironwork at the bottom of the first photo.  The second shot is framed exactly as we would have done it.  From Wake Forest's 1960 yearbook.

"Back of hand and shrivelled apple."  From "Photographer of a Model Moon, James Nasmyth, 1808-1890" by Terry Crosswhite, in Northlight #7 (Arizona State University).

Here's a precursor to our photo of Morro Rock, from The Link, 1956.

We want all the lights in all our photos to look like this.  Please send instructions.  From Elmhurst's 1960 yearbook.

Life before Tumblr.  From Tri-State College's 1964 yearbook.