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Today — August 25, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Spell/Write Orange, Level 1, Workbook, by Sack et al., 1987.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Griset's Grotesques, Or, Jokes Drawn on Wood by Tom Hood and illustrated by Ernest Griset, 1867.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1928.
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Old News (permalink)
"The Do-a-good-turn Club — you may elect yourself."  From Youth's Companion, 1921.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Travels of Puss-in-Boots, Jr. by David Cory, 1918.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Does your energy line rise slowly?"  From Modern Screen, 1931.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
May you not dream of an obelisk tonight.  From The Gates of the Future Thrown Open by Carlotta de Barsy, 1899.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
Max Linder, from Motion Picture Classic, 1923.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1910 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, 1899.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Be calm, gentlemen!"  From The Film Daily, 1927.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Just what has gelatine to do with beauty?"  From Wheaton College's 1968 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Billy Bunny and His Friends by David Cory, 1917.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
From Rush Medical College's 1895 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Mongoose versus cobra: which do you wager for the win?  From All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, 1900.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"I challenge you to do better or worse."  From Fayetteville State University's 1974 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Box of Delights by John Masefield, 1935.
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