I’m a BIG fan of vintage yearbooks, the goodies that are stored inside are a vintage photo lovers DREAM!
BUT today’s post is not going to be on what’s IN the book (You can see inside some HERE) but what awaited you BEFORE you opened it’s hallowed pages. Honestly many were wonderful works of art, typography that reflected the time and sometimes even impressive images of the school itself.
Check it all out below!
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Vintage Yearbook Covers
1920’s-1950’s
The Syllabus 1932 Northwestern University.
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1930 University of California Blue and Gold Yearbook Volume 57.
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Vintage Yearbooks – 1938 & 1939 -University of Idaho – The Gem of the Mountains.
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1937 Duke Yearbook.
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“Hi-Life”. 1945 Governor Mifflin Shillington Pa High School.
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The Spectrum of 1950-Parma Schaaf High.
(Side Note: Click on the image to be taken to its Etsy Page and see all the notes and signatures in the book. The owner of this yearbook was very popular it seems. So popular that everyone refers to him as a “SWELL GUY”)
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Philadelphia Bartlett Jr High 1949 School Yearbook-The Atomic Issue!
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Huge Fan of the Typography on this 1941 Florida State College for Women Yearbook, Tallahassee, Florida.
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Fun Cartoon Drawing for 1943 Goshen Indiana High School Senior Student Crimson Yearbook.
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Loving the Mid-Century Modern look of the next two yearbooks.
Medi-Cal 1955 University of California Medical Center at San Francisco.
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1959 Boomerang Yearbook, Surrattsville Junior-Senior High, Clinton, Maryland.
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Wilson World Year Books, 1956-1958 Woodrow Wilson Jr High School Glendale California. Look at that cool architecture on the first book?
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I hope you enjoyed browsing all of these fantastic yearbook covers, they are truly divine indeed!
Question Time: Do you still own your yearbooks and if so are their covers as interesting as the ones above? Also please let me know which yearbook you liked from the collection I shared today.
Post your thoughts in the comments below!
Further Reading:
I’m glad someone else appreciates old yearbooks! I have about 100 now, and sometimes, the covers are soooo amazing. Sometimes they’re cushy and leathery. Some are falling apart at the spine (so am I), and make me sad. Sometimes it’s just the font that’s so fun!
Oh my gosh..yes the feel of the yearbooks! Wish I could convey that thru my blog post. I’m so glad that you love yearbooks as much as I. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your passion!
Liz
Oooo…my aunts and uncles recently dug up their old yearbooks. They attended their school reunion and part of the event program also had cool little tid bits of trivia and facts. But the thing I loved most, was reading the hand-written notes their classmates left for them back in the 50s. It was truly touching.
The notes in the books are truly one of the best parts, I totally agree. Even how the notes were written are so very different then today.
Thanks for stopping by Gabriella!