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Today — September 8, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Adventure of Peter Cottontail by Thornton Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady, 1914. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Presumptive Conundrums (permalink) Is math more fun performed inside an ant?  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 Daily Mirror, 1916.  Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From First Lessons in Nature Study by Edith Patch and illustrated by Robert Sim, 1926. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Postcard Transformations (permalink) INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift between the 1908 postcard and the photograph that inspired it. Images courtesy of UpNorthMemories. . . . read more from Postcard Transformations . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) From A Book of Marionettes by Helen Haiman Joseph, 1920. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From How You Look and Dress by Byrta Carson, 1949. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Sun does hatching when the hen dies."  From The Duluth Herald, 1913.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

We Are All Snowflakes (permalink) From Snowflakes by Israel Perkins Warren, 1863. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from We Are All Snowflakes . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Masks, Heads, and Faces by Ellen Russell Emerson, 1891. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Your mother was a dancer, Wendy, a wonderful dancer. ... Your daddy's plane went down crossing the Hump."  From Improvement Era, 1956. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Earlham College's 1949 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "The croaker we have always with us."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1936. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the University of Mary Washington's 1926 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Purple Parrot, 1923. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

The Right Word (permalink) Reblog if you are between dunce and dyspeptic.  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 . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Barnard College's 1911 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Unable to take the four rabbits.  From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1902. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1939. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the U.S. Naval Academy's 1916 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .