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Today — April 3, 2026 (permalink)
	From Magic and Make-believe, edited by John McInnes, 1962. Click to view a larger image

From Daily Mirror, 1916.   Click to view a larger image

From Treats and Treasures by McInnes et al., 1964. Click to view a larger image

From The Story of Everyday Things by Arthur Train, Jr. and illustrated by Chichi Lasley, 1941. Click to view a larger image

From Wee Wisdom, 1936. Click to view a larger image

From the Elson-Runkel Primer, 1914. Click to view a larger image

From The Boyd Smith Mother Goose, 1920. Click to view a larger image

From The Stage and the School by Katharine Anne Ommanney, 1932. Click to view a larger image

"Fetching fire from a neighbor."  From Long Ago by John Waddell, 1933. Click to view a larger image

From Farmer's Magazine, 1913. Click to view a larger image

From Heidelberg University's 1925 yearbook. Click to view a larger image

From Picture Show, 1920. Click to view a larger image

From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1912 yearbook. Click to view a larger image

"Hats are fatal if they're not up to date."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1956. Click to view a larger image

Leaving behind "a trail of twinkling anemones."  From The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Maurice Baring, 1911. Click to view a larger image

There are smoke rings and then there are smoke question marks.  From Peace Junior College's 1931 yearbook. Click to view a larger image

Tetramorph, a composition of the four living creatures into one: Matthew the man, Mark the lion, Luke the ox, and John the eagle.  From Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures In Art with Special Reference To Their Use in British Heraldry by John Vinycomb, 1906. Click to view a larger image

From Hood College's 1936 yearbook. Click to view a larger image

"Peter Puck wants to know if the bell-ringer knows the ropes."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1931. Click to view a larger image

From St. Nicholas Songs, 1885. Click to view a larger image