Yearbook relvalations

[TommyK]

Seldom does one have a personal epiphanic moment preserved on film.

 

My mother is cleaning her attic and gave me a box of my 'stuff' I'd quite forgotten was there. Among the items were a few high school yearbooks. Whilest thumbing down memory lane, the following pic came into my view.

 

 

I have often reminisced that one of my first "I really like and want to play guit tar' moments was seeing my sister's friends' brothers' garage band rehearse. They were THE local garage band that got a lot of local gigs. Well the above player is one of those garage band members rehearsing a pep-band piece for the upcoming basketball game. At the taking of this photo, 1975, he is in the High School band room with a gawky 'shmen looking on.

 

It took until now for me to realized he was actually playing a bass. For point of reference, at the time, I had no idea that there was more than one kind of guit tar. I had no idea that this was a bass version of an electric guit tar. Neither did I understand it was much different than a Epiphone 'Texan"... whatever that is. All I knew is that guit tar was cool.

 

I now see that as well as being an epiphanical moment it was also an Epiphonic moment. Looks like an ET-280.

 

And yes.. the freshman fumbling with his pep-band music is yours truly.. Up 'til then this is the closest I'd been to a real live guit tar. I was having a particularlty GOOD hair day.

[jannusguy]

great stuff. thanks for sharing. there's a box of similar stuff at my mom's, too. may have to dig it up.

[ksdaddy]

I collect high school yearbooks of the local area. I think I have about 150 or so. I've threatened to publicly display people's photos and I have been begged not to, but I haven't found any random checks in my mailbox yet.

 

Joking aside, the local public library has most of the yearbooks of this city but they are archived and they are very protective of them, and rightfully so. The high school has some but they severely restrict access. In talking to a member of the Sesquecentennial committee, we thought it would be a good idea for some h.s. kids to scan all my yearbooks and make them available on DVD. I haven't heard any more about it though.

[TommyK]

Schools are hyper sensitive to privacy issues as they are required to keep student's private info private. However, being included in a High School yearbook is voluntary. If you are in there, it is by your choice to be displayed in a public media. Anyone can purchase a yearbook while it is in print.

 

The legal issue you have is with the publisher (yearbook company) and the photographer who took the students' mug shots. All the candids are free game.

 

But... a public library, being all 'privacy' minded with yearbooks? C'mon! These people will put adult material out on the front display table citing 1st amendment rights... and, "You can't censor that!"

[ksdaddy]

Oh no, it's not a privacy thing, it's just that the books are irreplaceable at this point. They show up on ebay occasionally (trust me, I keep a constant vigil). If they were in an electronic format then all could enjoy them without damaging paper.