Lost & Found: A 1930's Child's Scrapbook (1936-1937)

Eighty-five years old this year, this leather-bound time capsule is filled with all manner of goodies... newspaper clippings, bubble gum cards, art, nature pictures, comic strips, and photos of grumpy kittens dressed in clothes. I don't know who this child was, but I'm guessing they were around 8-12 when they compiled this fantastic collection. I am forever in their debt.

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Fantastic Names From The Past: 1938-1939 Edition

 Yes, folks, it's true! We've got more yearbooks, and with them comes more fantastic names! These are the names of actual people who graduated from Portland, Oregon-area schools between 1938 and 1939. If they're still alive, they'd be about 100 today. But since they're probably not (sorry, fact of life), let's honor their memory by celebrating their fabulous monikers!

Myrtle Church

Robertson Cook

Florence Fishburn

Haig Dinihanian

Ina Ingham

Luella Leasy

Jack Ripley

Dick Tunzat

Lloyd Bertoglio

Madean Boss

Ardythe Russell

LaVerne Girvan

Hilda Hartwig

Violet Oulbelgian

Merritt Meadows

Rosebud DuPius

Gildo Salta

Velma Bump

Elery Newcomer

Bertha Baker

Granville McCormick

Bob Bulger

Luella Bloss

Leroy Parsley

Boneta Bonner

Estella Royal

Belle Fontaine

Rosalie Looney

Olive Bridenbecker

Olive Palm

Margie Wark

Paul Wahl

Vernalta Pomeroy

Suzzanne Maskot

Stanley Wornstaff

Maxine Killer

Elmer Abplanalp

Tushie Tanabe

Freeman Fowler

annnnd....

MY TOP 10 NAMES FROM 1938-1939

10. Manley Miles

9. Maryolive Snarr

8. Allegra DesVoignes

7. Dorothy Van Doozer

6. Laverta Nofziger

5. Berle Clifton DeLashmutt

4. Hulbert Sipple

3. Gaynor Petrequin

2. Hoyt Boatright

and

1. Valorice Vivian Billups

Lost & Found: 1970s Sketchbook Of H.Travis Wert

A few years ago, I came across this sketchbook in the GoodWill bins...

I did some Googling and tracked down the artist. His name was Hilton Travis Wert. He was born in Washington State in 1919, the son of William Corral Wert (1881-1949) and Ethel Estella Herrick (1888-1936). 

Around 1973, Mr. Wert obtained this sketchbook, and set about drawing all manner of things. Judging by his artistic skill, this was not his first sketchbook. Google searches indicate he was also a painter, and a few of his landscapes can be found online. He died in 1994.

There are roughly 50 sketches in this book. Below are about 40 of them. They include human portraits, humorous cartoons, odes to nature, and portraits of the family dog.