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Today — August 7, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Joyous Travelers by Maud Lindsay & Emilie Poulsson and illustrated by W. M. Berger, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Red Herring, April 1993.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's flying bunny is from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Junior Language Book B by Donalda Dickie, 1938.
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Old News (permalink)
"Magic challenge.  The days here so dark."  From The Times, 1981.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Century 1890.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From New Physiognomy by Samuel Wells, 1866.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know if a mermaid has a permanent wave."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1928.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The New Comic Annual for 1831 by Thomas Hood, 1830.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1910 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1938.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
The king of the world for peace on Earth.  From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1961 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Le Charivari, 1889.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Purdue University's 1926 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Florida's 1911 yearbook.  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's minute hand with a tri-cornered hat is from King Time by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, 1908. 
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Goshen College's 1984 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Bob Knight's Diary Camping Out by Charlotte Curtis Smith 1902.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella by Constance Heward and illustrated by Susan Beatrice Pearse, 1920. 
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From St. Andrew's College Review, 1972-73.
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