Between November 2004 and February 2005, John C Ralston sketched the entire 1925 senior class from from Hamline University in St Paul, Minnesota. All 64 sketches are online at Flickr. Each picture is accompanied by the student’s details (majors and the like) from The Liner Yearbook for 1925.
from BibliOdyssey
11 Reader Comments
1:16 pm
Ouch.
1:26 pm
Ive got a toomah
1:54 pm
It’s not MNSpeak cool to say this, but these are really good. I’ll go back to being an old fart now.
1:59 pm
I’m digging them too.
2:05 pm
Yes, they remind me of the illustrations from a Wes Anderson movie. But still, some of the ladies didn’t come out too well.
3:05 pm
what’s the point? seems like a waste of time.
3:07 pm
They said that about the Taj Mahal as well. And about blues singer, Taj Mahal.
5:01 pm
Those people look like they need to be introduced to 50 Cent.
5:24 pm
Do you think it is possible that Lilydaisy Wenzel may have in fact been the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan?
“Here’s hoping the girls next yr. don’t get their hair bobbed or they sure will starve.?”
Daisy
The sad, tragic humor of the wealthy.
7:38 pm
I’ve always said that those Hamline grads need to get a life. Or a life-drawing class…
11:29 pm
This is awesome. And no, I’m not “old”.