I won an auction today for 4 yearbooks for Queen Anne High School in Seattle. After winning the auction, I drove north to pick them up. The woman came out from the back of the store with a bag and pulled out the yearbooks ('48-'51). They were in great shape. Then she said... "I didn't know if you'd want these, but..."
Whatever it is, lady, I want it.
She pulled out a couple booklets from the 50-year reunions from the classes of 1929 and 1930. They really weren't much more than a directory for those in attendance, those who could not be located, and those who had passed. Awesome!!! Within one of the booklets were a couple newspaper clippings that contained articles about the first principal's retirement. At 28, he was the first school's first principal when it opened in 1909, and was the only principal until his retirement in 1951. Now THAT'S dedication! Very cool.
The wife still doesn't get it, but I love collecting these yearbooks.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Queen Anne High School
This beautiful school, located atop Queen Anne, in Seattle, Washington, opened in September 1909, and closed at the end of 1981 school year. It was converted into condos in the late 1990s.
1914
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1928
1929
1931
1932
1933
1934 (25th Anniversary)
1937 (Hank Ketcham, Class of '37)
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944 (two, because on(c)e is never enough)
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1954
1955
1957
1959 (50th Anniversary)
1960
1962
1963
1964
1965
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1974 (Kathi Goertzen, Class of '76)
1981 (last year!)
Why do I love this school so much? Hard to say, really, considering I didn't go there. I have no feelings toward my own high school, so the appeal of this one is hard to explain. I love the architecture of the building itself. It's absolutely stunning, and sits atop Queen Anne hill, overlooking the city and Elliott Bay.
Given our proximity to the school, there are a number of alumni living in the area I can talk with, and I have been allowed to look through some of the yearbooks our neighbors own. My hope is to someday have a complete collection, but I think that will be a pretty tough goal to accomplish. Well, I have the rest of my life to try.
I can only think of one more high school in Washington state that has a better building and view: Stadium High School, in Tacoma, Washington. The school was the site of the movie, 10 Things I Hate About You and, in my opinion, looks like an ivy-league college. They truly don't make them like that anymore.
Just found out L. Ron Hubbard spent some time there in the late '20s... Blech!
- Seattle School District: Queen Anne High School
- Queen Anne High School Alumni Association
- Queen Anne High Wikipedia entry
1914
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1928
1929
1931
1932
1933
1934 (25th Anniversary)
1937 (Hank Ketcham, Class of '37)
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944 (two, because on(c)e is never enough)
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1954
1955
1957
1959 (50th Anniversary)
1960
1962
1963
1964
1965
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1974 (Kathi Goertzen, Class of '76)
1981 (last year!)
Why do I love this school so much? Hard to say, really, considering I didn't go there. I have no feelings toward my own high school, so the appeal of this one is hard to explain. I love the architecture of the building itself. It's absolutely stunning, and sits atop Queen Anne hill, overlooking the city and Elliott Bay.
Given our proximity to the school, there are a number of alumni living in the area I can talk with, and I have been allowed to look through some of the yearbooks our neighbors own. My hope is to someday have a complete collection, but I think that will be a pretty tough goal to accomplish. Well, I have the rest of my life to try.
I can only think of one more high school in Washington state that has a better building and view: Stadium High School, in Tacoma, Washington. The school was the site of the movie, 10 Things I Hate About You and, in my opinion, looks like an ivy-league college. They truly don't make them like that anymore.
Just found out L. Ron Hubbard spent some time there in the late '20s... Blech!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Take that!
I collect year books, mostly from one school. Ironically, it's not even a school I attended.
I find most of them through eBay and have done a decent job finding them over the years. It used to be that I was usually the only person bidding on these books, however, over the last year or so, I've developed some competition, and another person is frequently bidding against me for these yearbooks. Just last week I was outbid in the last few seconds of an auction, depriving me of the chance of a nice 1957 yearbook. That really pissed me off. The only consolation I got from that was knowing that I greatly inflated the cost of the item toward the end of the auction (but the sting of losing still hurts).
Another auction came up last week for a school lapel pin; class of '39. I watched the bid for days and there was no activity on it. This morning, I took the dogs to the off-leash dog park, and planned to come straight home and make a bid. When I got home and checked on the auction, I found that the scumbug I've been competing against placed a bid about an hour before auction's end.
Given how badly I was scammed on the last auction, I was not going to be denied. I waited until there was less than 30 seconds and put in a rather sizeable bid. Thankfully, it was larger than the other person's highest bid, and there wasn't enough time to put in a final bid , as they'd done on the previous auction. Ha! Ha! The lapel pin is mine!
What the hell am I going to do with a lapel pin?
I find most of them through eBay and have done a decent job finding them over the years. It used to be that I was usually the only person bidding on these books, however, over the last year or so, I've developed some competition, and another person is frequently bidding against me for these yearbooks. Just last week I was outbid in the last few seconds of an auction, depriving me of the chance of a nice 1957 yearbook. That really pissed me off. The only consolation I got from that was knowing that I greatly inflated the cost of the item toward the end of the auction (but the sting of losing still hurts).
Another auction came up last week for a school lapel pin; class of '39. I watched the bid for days and there was no activity on it. This morning, I took the dogs to the off-leash dog park, and planned to come straight home and make a bid. When I got home and checked on the auction, I found that the scumbug I've been competing against placed a bid about an hour before auction's end.
Given how badly I was scammed on the last auction, I was not going to be denied. I waited until there was less than 30 seconds and put in a rather sizeable bid. Thankfully, it was larger than the other person's highest bid, and there wasn't enough time to put in a final bid , as they'd done on the previous auction. Ha! Ha! The lapel pin is mine!
What the hell am I going to do with a lapel pin?
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