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Today — August 11, 2026
	Presumptive Conundrums (permalink) Here's today's corn counting fruit.  From Mathways 2 by Bates, Morham, Seim & Drake, 1974. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Presumptive Conundrums . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From In Came Pinky by Gates & Peardon, 1939. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) INSTRUCTIONS: Click to progress the drawing. From The Teaching of Drawing by I. H. Morris, 1893. . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Daily Mirror, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1948. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1963. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Children of the Dawn by Evan Davies and illustrated by Cyril Cowell, 1938. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

The Right Word (permalink) In full disclosure, I've never made it past "er-uh."  From Sharing Experiences by McKee & McCowen and illustrated by Corinne Malvern & Sylvia Haggander, 1947. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Don't you understand? The Glory flows into everyone, and back from everyone, like light and mirrors.  But the light's the thing."  From The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis, 1946 Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Strange Dreams (permalink) From the highly cursed Nightmare Land by G. Orr Clark and illustrated by Caroline Love Goodwin, 1901. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Strange Dreams . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) From Photo-Era, 1907. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Old Times, A Picture of Social Life at the End of the Eighteenth Century by John Ashton, 1885. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Syracuse University's 1909 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From St. Nicholas, 1886. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Indiana University's 1897 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Children's Newspaper, 1939. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the University of Illinois's 1911 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Separated at Birth? (permalink) Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source. . . . read more from Separated at Birth? . . .

Your Ship Will Come In (permalink) From Presbyterian College's 1932 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Your Ship Will Come In . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Puss In Boots and Reynard the Fox by Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick and illustrated by Louise E. Norris, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .