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Today — April 17, 2026

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Here's today's fish hat.  From Magic and Make-believe, edited by John McInnes, 1962.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Wee Wisdom1945.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of the Earliest Times by Barker, Grimm & Hughes and illustrated by Mary Alice Stoddard, 1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Drawing Made Easy by Edwin George Lutz, 1921.
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Old News (permalink)
"Kindness they could not understand."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1927.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Illinois Wesleyan University's 1909 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Current Sauce, 1968.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual, 1903.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wheaton College's 1919 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Stars in Song and Legend by Jermain Gildersleeve Porter, 1901.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lenoir College's 1914 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith, 1920.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Butler College's 1899 yearbook.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
"Tip-cat" (the game involving a stick and a billet of wood).  From The Book of Cats by Charles Henry Ross, 1868.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Peace Junior College's 1931 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"She can see through you!  Woman with 'x-ray' eyes."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1935.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Bay Teachers' College's 1968 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Improvement Era, 1962.
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