Vintage Thingies Thursday: The Notebook

It is time to make a another pit stop with Coloradolady at Vintage Thingies Thursday. If you have time, stop by for a visit with her. You will have a good time and not leave disappointed.





This week, I have a few vintage treasures to show you. These have been well cared for down through the years and I hope you enjoy looking at these little treasures from long ago.


This is the students in the 1923 graduation class of Leary, Texas. This post is in honor of the fourth girl on the front row.


They had the same thoughts about class mates leaving at graduation as we do today. Only difference, at one time we used what was called an autograph book. We asked our friends to write a parting note to remember them by. Now we have the annuals. Back then she only had a cheap notebook. I do not know why she waited later to get her friends remarks and not at graduation. Perhaps, she did not have enough money to even buy this simple little notebook.


This is a page she chose to write for herself. Each of her friends were asked the same questions. I found them most interesting. I trust you will find pleasure in reading vintage thoughts from the 20's. (Click on any of the photos to make them larger)

This page was written by her mother.

This page was written by her very best girl friend, Willie Turner. Note she is only 14 years of age.


This photo shows this lady with her friend Willie Turner. Willie is on your right in the picture.

This page is from a young man that she obviously cared a great deal about at that time.

Eva Shaw, another friend, was the writer of this page.

These are the future dreams of Stella Anderson.

These are the thoughts of Fay Goodwin. Did you notice Fay is only 11 years old when she wrote this. There is several more pages of her friends, but the notebook is so old and fragile, the pages were too old to get a good picture.

Apparently, she was was a thinker and had a lot of favorite sayings she liked. She wrote a number of pages of her favorites. This is only one of the many pages.

In closing this vintage book of memories, this is the precious lady which I have shared a small portion of her life with you. This was taken in 1926. I am proud and honored to say she was my mother.