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Today — September 12, 2026
	I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) How to get out from writing a preface.  From Between Times by I. E. Diekenga, 1882. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum, 1909. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Daily Mirror, 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Amrita, 1978. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish, and Survive It by Fish, 1915.  Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Postcard Transformations (permalink) INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the photo that inspired the postcard. Imagery via UpNorthMemories. . . . read more from Postcard Transformations . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Pinocchio, The Adventures of a Marionette by Carlo Collodi, 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Wild West dress makes boys 'bad.'"  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1911.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "When the husband's away."  From Moving Picture World, 1924. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "You ... at the end and the beginning."  From Ohio State University's 1945 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From [The Film Daily's] Yearbook of Motion Pictures, 1936. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From State Female Normal School, Farmville's 1911 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "Trouble with the tongue."  From Lighted Pathway, 1969. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Dances and Stories of the American Indian by Bernard Mason and illustrated by Frederic Koch. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Wheaton College's 1930 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "Is history flapdoodle?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1920. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From State Normal School (Farmville)'s 1904 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From With a Wig, With a Wag, and Other American Folk Tales, edited by Jean Cothran and illustrated by Clifford Geary. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Goshen College's 1954 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Today's walrus and rooster playing tennis are from Spell Write Teacher's Edition Level 8, 1978. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .