From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — February 17, 2026
	Precursors (permalink) Here's a precursor to DoorDash.  From Daily Mirror, 1918.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Precursors . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Boyd Smith Mother Goose, 1920. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From A Book of Famous Myths and Legends, Vol. Vi, 1901. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Moving Ahead by Hildreth et al. and illustrated by Malvern & Highsmith, 1945. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Applied Drawing by Harold Haven Brown, 1928. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "The lion in the sky."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1927. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Brave and Bold, 1903. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Lustige Blätter, 1908. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Everybody has the right to be wrong."  From Tufts University's 1983 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Franklin College's 1974 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "In spite of her daily bath, she's an under-arm victim."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1938. 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 Girl's Own Paper, 1880. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Today Is Here by Don Blanding. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Progressive but catty."  From Wabash College's 1926 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "The wily enemy."  From Toike Oike, 1945. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "U. S. Girls are more promiscuous to-day."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1946. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the University of Arkansas' 1917 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Starting Points in Language A, Skills Practice Book, Teacher's Edition by Raisbeck & Smart, 1980. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Barnes' Language Lessons or Short Studies in English, 1887. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .