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Today — June 14, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Daily Mirror1915.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom1946.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Hobbies Weekly, 1935.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Jumble Book by David Cory, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald and illustrated by Charles Folkard, 1949.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Strand, 1894.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From People Mirrors, Teacher's Guidebook by Allinson, Allinson & McInnes, 1974.
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Old News (permalink)
"I'm poisonous!"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1938.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1889.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Southern Methodist University's 1928 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
From Lighted Pathway, 1965.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From New Jersey State Teachers College's 1930 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the Carnegie Institute of Technology's 1920 yearbook.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
You already know how dance doubles are used when movie stars are cast as ballerinas.  In this photo, that could be a dance double's face revealing itself during a pirouette.  From The Gateway, 1969.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Stories From the Faerie Queen by Mary Macleod and illustrated by A. G. Walker, 1905.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From State Female Normal School (Farmville)'s 1914 yearbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know what a house does when a landlord lets it."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1923.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Elson-Gray Basic Readers, Book One, 1937.
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