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Today — May 6, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1918.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Basic Studies in Science: All Around Us by Wilbur Beauchamp, 1940.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Ancient and Medieval World by Lester Burton Rogers, 1949.
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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea (permalink)
From The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border by Walter Scott and illustrated by John MacFarlane, 1908.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Children hallucinate imaginary people walking past History Hill.  From Where Our Ways of Living Come From by Howard Wilson, 1940.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Marionettes by Edith Flack Ackley and illustrated by Marjorie Flack, 1929.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Faust by Goethe and illustrated by Willy Pogany, 1908.
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Old News (permalink)
"When the kangaroo was bigger, taller than an elephant."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1931.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life of a Foxhound by John Mills and illustrated by J. A. Shepherd, 1890.
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Old News (permalink)
"In a hurry!  Slow down ... in fact stop."  From Current Sauce, 1961.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lasell Seminary's 1925 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Heidelberg College's 1916 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke, 1916.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1932 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Back in the dreamtime."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1966.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Centenary College's 1936 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A giant's thumb ring.  From Chatterbox, 1892. 
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Barnard College's 1911 yearbook.
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