I bought this scrapbook at a vintage shop in 2025. Despite knowing the name of the once-owner (Ramsey, female, 21), as well as the names of her father and sister AND her exact birthdate -- she's a complete ghost on the internet.
Her former home is now an apartment building.
She had a friend named Deb.
I assume she and Trace wanted to go see the movie
The Jerk.
The Kinks played the Portland Memorial Coliseum in 1981.
KGON is still around. KB101 and Q100 aren't familiar at all.
She went to the Chart House restaurant a few times. This particular restaurant doesn't seem to exist anymore, though there is a newer one with the same name.
And rollin'!
I can't judge, because I, too, used to save the most random things, but... what?
A whimsical Valentine!
A bag full of matches!
Traveler's cheques for two whole dollars!
Ladies, for shame!
Carrows was a restaurant chain owned by the Shari's Pie people. It is no more.
Ramsey had a beau whose name was Dennis, and he once left some notes on her car ^
Dennis had the handwriting of a 14-year-old girl. I'm impressed. There were many more Dennis letters within the scrapbook, but I'll spare you.
In the summer of 1979, Ramsey went to Disneyland with a couple of friends. She met
a... celebrity?
Holy crap, she was actually gifted a Mickey balloon and Mouseketeer ears by a 17-year-old who would later go on to record/perform the
Saved By The Bell theme song?
Disneyland was looking pretty groovy that year...
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was under construction; it would open that fall.
Ramsey also took a trip to Hawaii...
Did she meet this abomination? Unclear.
She received a pair of earrings from her parents, stuck them in this scrapbook, and apparently forgot about them.
She was welcomed... somewhere...
There are exactly two photos in this scrapbook -- the above one, of a guy named Chuck, and this one:
Identity: unknown.
Chuck bought Ramsey a Whatchamacallit Bar...
In 1979, Ramsey went to a BeeGees concert...
#BestConcertYet!
I wish I could see the prize. This was back when they were interesting!
From Wikipedia: Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, the chain had 100 locations in the United States. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1986. The last remaining restaurant in the former chain was located in Salem, Massachusetts until it abruptly closed in December 2017.
The last 1/3 of the scrapbook is filled with no less than ten versions of a letter Ramsey was trying to write to "Bob" -- but she kept starting over. This was the last one.
But --
That's it.
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