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Today — June 18, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 1915. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) King Yama declares a meat eater be reincarnated as a pig.  From Vajra Bodhi Sea, 1996. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Amrita, 1971. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Youth's Companion, 1929.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Children of the Dawn by Evan Davies and illustrated by Cyril Cowell, 1938. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Punch, 1923. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Old Friends and New Fables by Alice Talwin Morris and illustrated by Carton Moorpark, 1916. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Puzzles and Games (permalink) My whole is what all buyers ask.  Behead me, then I'm a grain.  To make me warm is quite a task when I'm beheaded again. The answer: PRICE / RICE / ICE.   (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.) From The Children's Newspaper, 1922. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Puzzles and Games . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Walter de la Mare's Down Adown Derry, A Book of Fairy Poems, illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop (1922). Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1922. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Separated at Birth? (permalink) Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source. . . . read more from Separated at Birth? . . .

The Right Word (permalink) "Now say the word that is so dear unto my ear."  "Subordinate conjunction."  From Nebraska Wesleyan University's 1931 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Chatterbox, 1899.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the University of Cincinnati's 1951 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Today's bunny brushing his hair the wrong way is from The Tale of Bunny Cotton-tail by Laura Rountree Smith and illustrated by Dorothy Dulin, 1922. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Illinois Woman's College's 1916 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "Free love only fit for animals, say most men in France, but women uphold it."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Medical College of Virginia's 1924 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From St. Nicholas, 1891. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "How we laughed with a gaiety that had no sting."  From Heidelberg College's 1956 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .