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Today — October 15, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Photoplay, 1935.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From La Porte Est Ouverte by J. E. Poirier and illustrated by Elise Deane and W. R. Stark, 1900.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom, 1947.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Long beard, short film, bizarre critique.  Thomas Dimopoulos' "Locust of the Swollen Quiet" gets the Viscount Dr. Winchell McHoller treatment.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From On We Go by McKee et al., 1949.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Science Experiences with Home Equipment by Carleton John Lynde, 1938. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita, 1977.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Advanced Course in Homemaking by Maude Richman Calvert and Leila Bunce Smith, 1939.
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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 Little Compliments of the Season by Eleanor Donnelly, 1887.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
The endpapers from Cabarrus County Hospital School of Nursing's 1973 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Jewish Fairy Book, translated by Gerald Friedlander and illustrated by George Hood, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Barnard College's 1931 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"The first civilised egg."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1924.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From All About Indians by D. J. Dickie, 1926.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Western Ontario's 1967 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Create Something Beautiful by Vera Ramsay, 1972.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Winthrop College's 1930 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fun with Tom and Betty by Ousley & Russell, 1961.
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