From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — February 13, 2026
	Precursors (permalink) Here's a precursor to the cut-off sleeves, necktie, shorts, and socks look.  (Granted, the inclusion of fingerless gloves and sandals didn't seem to catch on.)  From the Daily Mirror, 1918.   Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Precursors . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) From Cues for You by Mildred Graves Ryan, 1930. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Basic Studies in Science: All Around Us by Wilbur Beauchamp, 1940. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Red Herring, Dec. 1993. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1936. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, 1931. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Stop press on the mice plague.  All sorts of traps."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1932. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Wheaton College's 1956 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Uncle Wiggily's Airship by Howard R. Garis and illustrated by Elmer Rache. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Book of Whispers (permalink) "In the silent shadows of days to come ... we bear the secrets that shadows tell."  From Texas Wesleyan's 1968 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Book of Whispers . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "'To [sic] much [sic] beacons make you miss the port' (cold proverb from Tibet)."  From Valparaiso's 1982 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Fables of Aesop, told anew by Joseph Jacobs, 1894. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Berea College's 1977 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Chatterbox, 1897. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Chicago Normal College's 1927 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Strand Magazine, 1925. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Washington State University's 1913 yearbook.  Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains" (John Philip Sousa).  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1960. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Arkansas Polytechnic College's 1925 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) That feeling when you're grotesque and put on hold.  From Dark Shadows episode 788 Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .