Lost & Found: A Teenage Girl's 1920s/1930s Scrapbook

I purchased this scrapbook at an auction circa 2017. It was evidently put up for auction by the lone descendant of the person who created the scrapbook, June Leavitt. June spent her early life in Denver before moving to California as a young teen. She graduated from junior high in 1930, so she was probably around 14-18 years old when she curated these items, although it appears she also stuck in a few of her 1920s childhood papers. 

If you're interested in the 1920s & 1930s, southern California history, or both -- check this out!

You can see the cover has taken on some water damage over the years. Partly for that reason, I did end up opening this scrapbook and saving what could be saved.

 

If it couldn't be saved, I just took photos...

 

Fantastic Names From The Past: 1930 Southern California Edition

These are actual names of students from John Burroughs Junior High School in Burbank, California. The year was 1930.

Mercelia Crutcher

Constance F. Chalmers

Marjorie Eugenia Cobb

Blossom A. Wise

Emily Escalanti

Howard Zieve

Elna Leone Noyes

Berna O'Harra

Irving Perluss

Lee Ora Funk

Dawn Adelee Yeend

Margie Marie Feigenbaum

Rollin Franklin

Gordon Gilbert Philp

Laurette Clair

Orville Holmes Joy, Jr.

Pearl Gold

Maynard C. Hathaway

Janet Powers Knox

Ray O. Hundertmark

Russelind Ann Conley

Larry Longnecker

J. Raymond Medberry

Isabel A. Moorhead

Murray Louis Rudnick

 Edith Iris Anderani

Irving L. Ashkenas

Raynelle Bell

Sydney Lucile Brough

Dorothy May Day

Madalon Culver

Justin J. Slaff

Sherman Slade

Frances B. Skinner

And here are my choices for the
Top 10 Fantastic Names Of 1930...

10. Marcella deVere Whelan

9. Grover Gail Gilmore

8. Agnes McNair Early

7. Idale H. Goodfriend

6. J. Hewes Crispin

5. Eunice Pearl Gill

4. Violette Marcivna Rightman

3. William LaTouche Gair

2. Bond Pfeifer

and

1. Rhodin Hord Scudder

And (for the first time!) we have a new category, Most UNfantastic Name, which this time around goes to...

Newell Ballreich

May you rest in peace.

For many more lists of Fantastic Names From The Past, click here!