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Today — April 6, 2026
	I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Daily Mirror, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Griset's Grotesques, Or, Jokes Drawn on Wood by Tom Hood and illustrated by Ernest Griset, 1867. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Building My House of Health by Jessie Lummis, 1927. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Travel By Air, Land, and Sea by Hanson Hart Webster, 1933. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "I raise an obstacle."  From The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert, 1927. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From We Can Read The Toy-box by Gerrard & McInnes and illustrated by Connie Jefferess, undated (c. 1960). Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

We Are All Snowflakes (permalink) From Water Wonders Every Child Should Know: Little Studies of Dew, Frost, Snow, Ice and Rain by Jean M. Thompson, 1907. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from We Are All Snowflakes . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) From Sea Sodoms by G. L. Morrill, 1921. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Old News (permalink) "Have you ever said it?  'Why did I make that BIG mistake?"  From Lighted Pathway, 1961. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Iowa State College's 1969 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Book of Betty Barber by Maggie Browne and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1914. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Ohio State University's 1923 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "Have you ever wished?"  From The Stereoscopic Photograph, 1901. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Denison University's 1891 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Daddy's Bedtime Fairy Stories by Mary Graham Bonner, 1916. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "The ducks are flying."  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1908. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From State Teacher's College, Farmville's 1946 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) Itching soles ... there's a powder for that, but in this ad it's just a metaphor.  From Together, 1959. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Santa Monica City College's 1934 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .