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Today — November 3, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From What Happened After Stories by Patten Beard and illustrated by Violet Moore Higgins, 1929.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lilliput Lyrics by William Brighty Rands and illustrated by Charles Robinson (1899).
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Legends of the Middle Ages by H. A. Guerber, 1896.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Historic Costume by Katherine Morris Lester and illustrated by Ila McAfee, 1925.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Eskimo Twins, written and illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
How virtual bugs get magnified.  From Eye and Vision, Annotated Teacher's Edition by Ginn & Co., 1981.
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Old News (permalink)
"It's a no win situation."  From Ohio University's 1979 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Beloit College's 1892 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A spirit wife taken with magnesium light, from Golden Gate, 1887.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
From Armour Institute of Technology's 1904 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Growing oysters and their growing coats."  From Mother Nature's Children by Allen Walton Gould, 1900.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From David Lipscomb College's 1932 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From We Can Read The Toy-box by Gerrard & McInnes and illustrated by Connie Jefferess, undated (c. 1960).
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Uncorking a bottle is only as difficult as one makes it.  From Science Experiences with Home Equipment by Carleton John Lynde, 1938. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Treats and Treasures by McInnes et al., 1964.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Bowman Gray School of Medicine's 1993 yearbook.
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