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Today — July 31, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron and illustrated by Elizabeth Colbourne, 1917.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Daily Mirror1917. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Live Dolls in Wonderland by Josephine Scribner Gates and illustrated by Virginia Keep, 1912.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Youth's Companion, 1894.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Heroes of the Puppet Stage by Madge Anderson, 1923.
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Old News (permalink)
"Man peers out into another world."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1920.
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Old News (permalink)
"At first I thought it was the shining moon but then I saw tentacles."  Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2009.
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This May Surprise You (permalink)
"Bullet-built hairstyles."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1959.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"From a distance, where my life was hanging, the city of neon looked pretty good."  From Blue Collar God by Terry Esau, 2001.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The peanut elephant.  From What a Girl Can Make and Do by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard, 1906.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Here's Alfred E. Neuman as ham radio operator Al Freddy Newham.  From 73 Magazine, 1967.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Whitney's Choice of Emblemes by Henry Green, 1866.  
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio Northern University's 1918 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Together magazine, 1961.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From James Millikin University's 1915 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
From Lighted Pathway, 1971. 
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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 Ten Steps to Self-Fulfillment, Step Eight by Robert Chaney amd illustrated by Teodors Liliensteins, 1967.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Always good to see a weathervane hat.  From the Lakehead Teachers' College yearbook, 1964.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Musician, 1914.
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