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Today — May 2, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Lifting a coin 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)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas Songs, 1885.
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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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Old News (permalink)
"Are we losing our Sunday?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1942.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Blottentots, and How to Make Them by John Prosper Carmel, 1907.
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Old News (permalink)
"3 generations of an Eldorado family are fascinated with the unknown."  Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2003.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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Old News (permalink)
From Together, 1967.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Fables of Aesop, told anew by Joseph Jacobs, 1894.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tulane University's 1908 yearbook.
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Staring at the Sun (permalink)
From Going-To-The-Sun by Vachel Lindsay, 1923.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Nebraska Wesleyan University's 1930 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Turned his back to the sea."  From Beautiful Joe's Paradise by Marshall Saunders, 1934.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Lodge Goat, edited by James Pettibone, 1902.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Armour Institute of Technology's 1925 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Long Ago by John Waddell, 1933.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1961.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Baylor University's 1939 yearbook.
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