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Today — March 16, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
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The Right Word (permalink)
"Those things which are said to be done by Nature are done by Divine Art."  From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars by Carl Garrison, 1901.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Canadian Readers Book I, 1922.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Vajra Bodhi Sea, 1978.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1960.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Owl King and Other Fairy Stories by Herbert Escott Inman and illustrated by E. A. Mason, 1898.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1892.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A silk cotton-tree, from Scribner's, 1877.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Week with Christ by Emeric Lawrence.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Two figures stumbled on the steps of "Warning" and "Flunk notice."  From Chicago Teacher's College's 1913 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Sidney H. Meteyard, 1914.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lawrence University's 1967 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Lost his hair, beard and mustache."  From the Duluth Herald, 1912.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Northland Trails by Syndey Ells, 1900.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Detroit's 1930 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
"If you are not ambitious, come around and see us some time."  From Southern Methodist University's 1928 yearbook.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From The Gateway, 1967.
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