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Ad for The Shuttle from the New York Dramatic Mirror, April 20, 1918

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Mary Pickford on the cover of the New York Dramatic Mirror, April 20, 1918

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Ad for the 1918 silent film Zongar

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Dr. William Walters Dale, of the Rowlf the Dog school of sideburn management.

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Ad for Cascarets from Demorest's Family Magazine, April 1897

The "candy cathartic" took its name from cascara bark, which was banned by the FDA in 2002.

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A Song of May by Leonard Linsdell

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Varnishing Day (May 1) at the Salon des artistes français by Dudley Hardy

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Ads for the Electropoise (which is not nearly as fun as it sounds), Dr. Campbell's Safe Arsenic Complexion Wafers, and Fould's Arsenic Soap from Demorest's Family Magazine, April 1897

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Summer Hats, from Demorest's Family Magazine, June 1896

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Ladies' bicycle attire, from the article "Woman and Her Wheel" in Demorest's Family Magazine, June 1896

Correct hygienic dressing for the bicycle begins with the first garment put on, which should be a combination or union suit of wool or silk, the weight, of course, adapted to the season. [...] Knit underwear of some sort is absolutely indispensable, and the advantage of the union suit is the avoidance of unnecessary bands around the waist and the overlapping folds of separate garments. It is well understood that petticoats have no place on the wheel, but women agree to disagree as to what is the best dressing next the skirt. Some wear short equestrian tights, but in case of accident, a fall, or the disarrangement of the skirt from any cause, the exposure of the legs is just as complete as if one were dressed for a stage ballet. For this reason well-fitted knickerbockers are much the better choice.

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Mr. Beerbohm Tree's Proposed School of Acting – A Forecast by C. Harrison

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Mortimer Menpes at work, from The Sketch, August 19, 1903

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Nancy Price as Rosa Dartle in Em'ly, from The Sketch, August 19, 1903

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Life in Our Village XII – The Oldest Inhabitant by William Gunning King

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Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow by Phil May, from The Sketch, August 19, 1903

A posthumous drawing by Phil May, showing Mr. Chamberlain as Romeo and Mr. Gladstone as Juliet.

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André-Joseph Salis, an emblematic figure of the bohemian life of Montmartre and Pigalle

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Life in Our Village XI – The Postman by William Gunning King