From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — September 24, 2026
	Go Out in a Blaze of Glory (permalink) "Almost like a Brit wrote it" — we're delighted by this compliment on "Mommy, Where Did I Come From?"!  From the interview with animator John Dimes. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Go Out in a Blaze of Glory . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Fundamentals in Poultry Breeding, 1921. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) The cartoon model is "pretty as a picture," and the picture that she's pretty as is the mascot of the face-powder being advertised.  From Vanity Fair, April 1916. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Youth's Companion, 1894. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Histoires et Contes Amusants by Joseph Edgar Poirier, 1950. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From What's Up Teacher's Edition by Burkman et al., 1977. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Punch, 1910. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Awareness, 1981. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Keep me -- I'm valuable."  From The Gateway, 1967. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Human Use Geography 1 by J. Russell Smith, 1936. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Avila University's 1967 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Staring at the Sun (permalink) From Positive Magic by Marion Weinstein. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Staring at the Sun . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Ohio State University's 1943 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

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? . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Emerson College's 1947 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Story Book of Nick and Dick by Arthur Gates. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Illinois Woman's College's 1917 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Peter Puck wants to know if bakers get all they knead."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1924. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Elizabethtown College's 1932 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Ontario Readers Third Reader, 1880. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .