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Today — August 8, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Daily Mirror, 1905.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita, 1977.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Marsh marigold.  From Outdoor Visits by Patch & Howe and illustrated by George Richards, 1935.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of the Earliest Times by Barker, Grimm & Hughes and illustrated by Mary Alice Stoddard, 1936.
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Old News (permalink)
"Hidden costs of living in hell."  From The Omen, 2000.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Pinocchio, The Adventures of a Marionette by Carlo Collodi, 1904.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Canadian Children's Own Readers 3 by Pennell, Cusack & Macleod, 1900.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Do not color Frisky.  She is white."  From Manual for Teaching the Primer The Little White House by Russell & Ousley, 1948.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Second Primer by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, 1881.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes by Edna Walter and illustrated by Charles Folkard, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1939.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State College's 1954 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1908 yearbook.
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Sundials (permalink)
A giant dark-green granite sun dial sphere at Columbia University.  From Shadowland, 1923.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Illinois' 1931 yearbook.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
From Don't Wake Me Up While I'm Driving by Margaret Scherf.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Broome Community College's 1981 yearbook.
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