Years ago I was visiting an elderly neighbor who told me he went to school with Orson Welles. I did not believe him. He left the room and came back with the paper-bound yearbook for The Todd School for Boys, Woodstock, Illinois. He showed me two photographs within the book that were indeed pictures of a very young Orson Welles.
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Welles arrived at The Todd School 1926, a Kenosha, Wisconsin native who had moved to Highland Park, Illinois.
The school's progressive, hands-on philosophy encouraged students to pursue their interests, which Welles did with a passion, directing plays, acting and producing radio shows until his graduation in 1931.
At any rate, my neighbor asked me to sell his yearbook on eBay, which I did. The auction ended, to my recollection, at around $1,000.
Cery cool that you found all those picture!
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ReplyDeleteYears ago I was visiting an elderly neighbor who told me he went to school with Orson Welles. I did not believe him. He left the room and came back with the paper-bound yearbook for The Todd School for Boys, Woodstock, Illinois. He showed me two photographs within the book that were indeed pictures of a very young Orson Welles.
ReplyDeleteThis part is from the web:
Welles arrived at The Todd School 1926, a Kenosha, Wisconsin native who had moved to Highland Park, Illinois.
The school's progressive, hands-on philosophy encouraged students to pursue their interests, which Welles did with a passion, directing plays, acting and producing radio shows until his graduation in 1931.
At any rate, my neighbor asked me to sell his yearbook on eBay, which I did. The auction ended, to my recollection, at around $1,000.
I really like your collage a lot.
Many thanks everyone. A great story Angie about Orson's schooldays. I had heard that yearbooks with the future famous go for silly money on eBay.
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