From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — February 7, 2026
	Puzzles and Games (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1931. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Puzzles and Games . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Drawing Made Easy by Edwin George Lutz, 1921. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Hummingbird.  From Our Bird Friends and Foes by William Atherton DuPuy and illustrated by George Miksch Sutton, 1925. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Canadian Children's Own Readers 3 by Pennell, Cusack & Macleod, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Beautiful Joe's Paradise by Marshall Saunders, 1934. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) A possible band name:  "The Unbalanced Windows."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1945. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Canadian Children's Own Readers: Fun and Frolic by Mary Elizabeth Pennell, et al. and illustrated by Marguerite Davis, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "You are what you eat."  From Improvement Era, 1962. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Chatterbox, 1923. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "What happens when your hat comes down?"  From Film Daily, 1944. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the University of Dayton's 1964 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) Cryptozoologist Jon-Erik Beckjord is quoted as saying, "Meanwhile, Bigfoot doesn't care and just keeps stompin' along."  (Via UFO Newsclipping Service).  It actually exists: the Bigfoot Bible. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Epistles of the Apostle Pan."  From the University of Cincinnati's 1920 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "It's a crazy world!"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1957. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Wake Forest College's 1939 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "Somewhere between yes and no."  From Lighted Pathway, 1964. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) Today's mask peering through opera glasses is from Oberlin College's 1948 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

The Right Word (permalink) From Using Our Language, Grade VIII by T. I. Davis, 1961. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

Sundials (permalink) From Wabash College's 1955 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Sundials . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) "Are cats closest to humans?"  From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals magazine, 1932. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .