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Today — June 2, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Here's today's ghost shepherd and ghost sheep.  From Lonesome Heights by Halliwell Sutcliffe, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Magic and Make-believe, edited by John McInnes, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Daily Mirror1916.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Lifting a book is only as complicated as we make it.  From Science Experiences with Home Equipment by Carleton John Lynde, 1938. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1925.
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From Lilliput Lyrics by William Brighty Rands and illustrated by Charles Robinson (1899).
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From Historic Costume by Katherine Morris Lester and illustrated by Ila McAfee, 1925.
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Today's corn cob doll is from Pour Amuser Les Enfants by Victor Delosière (undated).
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From The Lodge Goat, edited by James Pettibone, 1902.
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Old News (permalink)
"Cherry, raspberry, and strawberry.  How come they here and when?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1926.
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From Going-To-The-Sun by Vachel Lindsay, 1923.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Moravian College's 1931 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Letters From a Cat by Helen Hunt Jackson and illustrated by Addie Ledyard, 1879.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio State University's 1939 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"For my part, I believe it was one of the angels of God."  From Princess Mary's Gift Book, 1914.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Our custom Uncanny Detector app confirms that this is a ghost afraid of the rain.  From Queens College's 1966 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From On the World's Roof by J. Macdonald Oxley, 1897.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Barnard College's 1903 yearbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Hot dog night.  From Tri-State University's 1982 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mr. Whiskers, edited by John McInnes, 1961.
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