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Today — July 4, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Here are today's fish swimming up raindrops.  From The Bolenius Readers: Tom and Betty by Emma Miller Bolenius and illustrated by Mabel Betsy Hill, 1930. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Old News (permalink) From Daily Mirror, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Strange Dreams (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1907. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Strange Dreams . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish, and Survive It by Fish, 1915. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From St. Nicholas, 1895. Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) Father Time's vision.  From The Realm of Time by Nettie Pelham, 1890. 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 All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Sidney H. Meteyard, 1914. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Last American by John Ames Mitchell, 1889. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Chatterbox, 1880. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Totem Tales: Indian Stories Indian Told, Gathered In the Pacific Northwest by W. S. Phillips, 1896. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

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? . . .

Old News (permalink) "Sea lion defeats land bear in battle."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1952. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Preserve bacteria.  It's the only culture some kids have!"  From Walla Walla College's 1970 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Old Times, A Picture of Social Life at the End of the Eighteenth Century by John Ashton, 1885. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Johns Hopkins University's 1898 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "Suzy on way out of darkness."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1959. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Purdue University's 1930 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Phrenological Journal, 1875. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .