07 October 2014

High School Graduation Pictures in Newspapers?

Date: Tuesday, May 31, 1932  

Paper: San Francisco Chronicle;
digital image from
 GenealogyBank

Some newspapers published pictures of local high school graduates. While the pictures in newspapers are not always the best quality, it may be the only picture a researcher has. Some small town papers may even put post-graduation goals of students in the paper as well.


4 comments:

  1. Colleen G. Brown PasqualeOctober 7, 2014 at 3:19 PM

    Yes. Our school always did that.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 7, 2014 at 4:32 PM

    Internet Archive has many college yearbooks online. I've found several family members and friends in time periods spanning 1921 to the 2000's.

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  3. WendyOctober 8, 2014 at 6:17 AM

    While I have my mother's high school yearbooks, I also have the newspaper she saved which included the graduates.

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  4. kim elizabethOctober 8, 2014 at 11:58 AM

    Yes, my college put all their yearbooks are on the Internet Archive, and the local newspaper runs photos of all the graduates each May.

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