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Today — September 19, 2026

Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1926.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Daily Mirror, 1905.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Elson-Runkel Primer, 1914.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Outdoor Visits by Patch & Howe and illustrated by George Richards, 1935.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1895.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From 73 Magazine, 1964.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click 5 times to change the scene out the window.
From Ohio State University's 1927 yearbook.

Click 5 times to change the scene out the window.  From Ohio State University's 1927 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Samplers and Stitches, written and illustrated by Mrs. Archibald Christie, 1920.
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From Duke's 1975 yearbook.
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Grimm's Fairy Tales, translated by Margaret Hunt and illustrated by John Gruelle, 1914.
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Old News (permalink)
"Black cats and bumps in the nigh[t]."  From Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's 1986 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From My Practice Book For Me Level 2 by Thorn, McCreary-Juhasz, Smith, Munroe & Richmond, 1966.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hastings College's 1931 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Mouth happiness."  From the University of Mississippi's 1932 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Each child came to the fairy, and said: 'Good -evening, Meadow-sweet."  From The Garden of Childhood by Alice M. Chesterton and illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley, 1905.
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From the United States Naval Academy's 1926 yearbook.
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