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Today — September 10, 2026

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From America in Midpassage by Charles Beard & Mary Beard and illustrated by Wilfred Jones, 1927.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Lewis Story Method of Teaching Reading and Spelling Manual, illustrated by Bess Bruce Cleaveland, 1919.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1928.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Youth's Companion, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Art Teacher by Pedro J. Lemos, 1939.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Histoires et Contes Amusants by Joseph Edgar Poirier, 1950.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"We were wise never to be pictured except in our make-ups."  From The Climbing Courvatels by Edward W. Townsend and illustrated by J. V. McFall, 1909.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas's 1905 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas magazine, 1913.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Elmhurst College's 1924 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Blunder's Mystery Companions by Florence M. Pettee and illustrated by Alexander Key, 1929.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hollins College's 1931 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"How do bobcats have fun?"  From Ohio University's 1989 yearbook.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the title page image.
From Today's Clothing by Laura Baxter, 1949.

Click to reveal the title page image.  From Today's Clothing by Laura Baxter, 1949
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio State University's 1956 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Condor versus puma: which do you wager for the win?  From All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, 1900.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A high chair with hands and feet, and a dog in a dress.  From Armour Institute of Technology's 1899 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Junior English in Action, Book Two by Tressler & Shelmadine, 1937.  See Divination by Punctuation.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From [The Film Daily's] Yearbook of Motion Pictures, 1932.
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