From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — February 25, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From True Bear Stories by Joaquin Miller, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Daily Mirror, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Vajra Bodhi Sea, 1980. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neil, 1913. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Ancient and Medieval World by Lester Burton Rogers, 1949. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Art Teacher by Pedro J. Lemos, 1939. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Children of the Dawn by Evan Davies and illustrated by Cyril Cowell, 1938. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) From Movie Classic, 1936. 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 Billy Bunny and His Friends by David Cory, 1917. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Offering razors to bearded gentlemen who happen to swim by.  From Brave and Bold, 1903. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Child-Library Readers Primer by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1923. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Donkey—dance: An idea, indeed!"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1935. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Illinois Wesleyan University's 1966 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

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) "Kissing no crime.  Evidence of fact no detriment to character."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1903. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From College of the Holy Cross' 1910 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Child-Library Readers Book Four by William H. Elson & Edna R. Kelly and illustrated by L. Kate Deal, 1924. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Punch, 1910. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) From How Not To Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg, 2014. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From State Female Normal School's 1901 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .