From Modern-Life Science by Carleton & Williams, 1942.

From 1887.

A poster from Logos magazine, 1968.

"The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms."  From The Monster Times, 1974.

From Cine-Mundial, 1932.  "Doctor X" features in The Dictionary of One-Letter Words: The Movie.

From The Film Daily, 1946.

From 1917, by James Daugherty, courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Artwork by M. Eschle, 1925.

We stumbled upon this vintage invitation to see "a real living incarnate devil" at a social event.  It took a few hours, but we managed to decipher the very poor scan that Google offered of the magazine page.  (But if there's something obvious that we mistranslated here, please do let us know.)  From The Living Church, Jan. 30, 1915.

THE DEVIL.

The Devil has arrived to attend the Church Social given by the representatives of Modern Christianity, and will form one of the most attractive parts of this Wonderful Occasion.

Attend this social and you will be permitted to see a real LIVING INCARNATE DEVIL who has been much lied about, by those who would have you believe that he has horns, cloven-feet, etc., whereas, as you may see him there, in fine dress and bearing he is the most polished of aristocratic gentlemen; and, in place of having the visage of a beast, he looks like

A Veritable Angel of Light.

In place of scales, he is clad in the very latest set of garments, made of the finest of sheep's clothing.  His voice is soft and charming, and his every gesture, simply exquisite.  He is very liberal in his views on religions, and believes in all the denominations of men, being the silent partner and controlling shareholder in every one.

BELIEVES IN SOCIALS.

He takes a most conspicuous part in all the church socials, fairs, Tom Thumb weddings, festivals, operas, entertainments, carnivals, etc., and if he can get the good church ladies to whip him around the stomp, he will hop, and step, and jump for their amusement, while he baites them on with hisses.  He fully indorses a salaried ministry, with all of it self-exalting titles of men, such as Rev., Dr., D.D., Ph.D., etc; and deals more in modern christianity than he does in saloon business, as he sees it to sugar-coat brazen imps and white-wash rascals to pass as christians.

A Popular Preacher.

Indeed he is himself one of the most popular of modern preachers, having a perfect form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.  He also preaches full salvation, sanctification, holiness, and sometimes divine healing, but denounces all who possess these things in reality.  Do not fail to see him.

By Alexander Oscar Levy, 1918, courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

From c. 1916, courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

The enormous giant Col. Chang Yu Sing and his diminutive companion, General Tiny Mite.

Cirque du Nord, 1898.  Courtesy of the Nasjonalbiblioteket.

From Der Flug, 1920.

"Unge Kunstneres Carneval, Tutanego" by Rudolf Krog, courtesy of the Nasjonalbiblioteket.

"What Cat Could Keep Up With This?" from a suffrage campaign.

"'He who treats himself has a fool for a doctor.'  A man takes his own pulse at the wrist and has a thermometer in his mouth. On the table before him are an open medical book, a fobwatch for taking the pulse, a pillbox and some medicine bottles. On the wall behind him is projected the shadow of a fool (wearing a dunce's cap) sitting on a stool.  Bears monogram, possibly "CE" with C reversed, assumed to be initials of artist; could possibly be EC, MU or UM."  From 1931.