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Today — October 30, 2026

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Precursors (permalink)
48 years before the debut of the Pillsbury Doughboy mascot, there was this doughboy.  From A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron and illustrated by Elizabeth Colbourne, 1917.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Workbook to Accompany At Play Primer by Hildreth, Roy, et al., 1947. 
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Bibliotherapy presribes reading books for treating ailments.  From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1963.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Youth's Companion, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From 1910, via UpNorthMemories.  (Our restoration, as per usual.)
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Old News (permalink)
"'Understody' to Father."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1965.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Magic Music by Fannie R. Buchanan and illustrated by Roby Ann Nelson, 1931.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From College of the Holy Cross' 1958 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story Book of Nick and Dick by Arthur Gates.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio University's 1991 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Javanese court actors.  From Masks and Demons by Kenneth Macgowan, 1923. 
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Huntington College's 1972 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"100 heads: where are their bodies?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1925.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Nebraska Wesleyan University's 1927 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 Kansas State University's 1995 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.  
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Southern Adventist University's 1978 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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