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Today — January 12, 2026 (permalink)

From the Daily Mirror, 1905.


Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr.


From Wee Wisdom, 1905.


From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.


From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1962.


From The Story of a Cat by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1878.


From The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert, 1927.


From Clothing for Moderns by Mabel Deane Erwin, 1949.


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From Swarthmore College's 1899 yearbook.


From Together, 1961.


From The Seer, 1931.


"When one word to the wise is not sufficient, use three."  From Marion Theater News, 1924.


From Joplin Junior College's 1961 yearbook.


From Lighted Pathway, 1966.


From Broome Community College's 1974 yearbook.


"'I want to throw up' ... and other things."  From The Gateway, 1969.


From the University of Western Ontario's 1931 yearbook.


From The Human Skull: A Cultural History by Folke Henschen.


From the United States Naval Academy's 1922 yearbook.

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