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Bob Dylan's Senior Year Yearbook - The 1959 Hematite from Hibbing High School in Hibbing, Minnesota. The webpage contains all 183 pages. THIS IS A COLORIZED VERSION of the YEARBOOK. To see the original BLACK+WHITE version, click here. Colorization helps bring us closer to the students of 1959 Hibbing High School. Skin tones and eye color seems more real. Subtle smiles, freckles and rosy cheeks make faces appear more expressive and approachable. Even the colors of sweaters, dresses, and jackets convey part of the story of the era in a way black and white cannont.
(This is not Bob's own yearbook. This was owned by a Sophomore named Jim who was in high school the same time as Dylan.) This is Bob's senior picture entry - where he says he wants "to join Little Richard" - It's on page 76.
About this copy of the yearbook Hematite, the name of the yearbook, is a form of iron ore that was very important in the history of Hibbing. I bought this copy of the 1959 Hematite on Ebay for $775, plus tax and postage for a total of around $850 in 2026. Copies often sell on Ebay for about $1,000-$2,000 - and up to $20,000 if Dylan signed it back while he was in high school. This copy was bought and owned by a HIbbing HIgh sophomore named Jim who would graduate in two years. Dylan did not sign it and probably did not know Jim. There were about 302 students in Dylan's senior (12th grade) class. At the same time there were 345 juniors (11th grade) and 454 sophmores (10th Grade). All the students had their photograph in the yearbook, with the seniors pictures printed larger. So if they printed a yearbook for very student in the school while Bob was a senior, they would have printed about 1,100 yearbooks. Bob's photo was also in the books while he was a junior and sophmore. So if there were also 1,100 books printed in those years, Bob's face could be about 3,300 Hibbing yearbooks. Since it's likely that not all the juniors and sophmores bought a copy each year - we might assume that half - or 1,650 yearbooks might be out in the world with Bob's face in them.
Here's a picture of Dylan's school: Hibbing High School
Bob's junior year girlfriend, Echo Helstrom, who many say was the inspration for "Girl From The North Country" is pictured on page 51, 110, and 120. Page 51 is her main entry. Page 110 (middle picture) is her as a member of Future Teacher's of America. And page 120 (bottom picture) is her in the Social Studies Club. At the end of the yearbook page pictures, way at the bottom of the webpage, I have added some photos of comments that Bob wrote into other student's yearbooks, a high school tradition. I also have a list of some of Bob's friends and bandmates with the pages of their entries listed. (You can click twice on the photos to fully expand them. Then click the left arrow (back page) to get back.) Front Cover - Hematite 1959 - Bob Dylan's Senior Yearbook
Note: The name "Rail Splitter" is a reference to the original Lincoln School in North HIbbing built in 1909. Abraham Lincoln's nickname was the 'Rail Splitter" because as a young man on the frontier, he helped clear land by splitting logs into railings for wooden fences. When the entire town of Hibbing moved two miles south in the 1920's so the iron ore mines could expand, the students of the Lincoln Schol were absorbed into the new, larger, Hibbing High School. Inside cover- left
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ADDENDUM: BOB SIGNING OTHER STUDENT'S YEARBOOKS Several of Bob's classmates kept their copies of the Hematite yearbook from HIbbing High School and a few of Dylan's handwritten inscriptions have surfaced through auctions and collectors. here are some example of what the future Bob Dylan (then Robert Zimmerman) wrote in other student's yearbooks. At his school students often bought the yearbook each year, since the yearbook contained pictures of all 1000+ Sophomore, Juniors, and Seniors. (There were a total of about 1800 kids in the school, which included grades 2 to 12) Bob writes the word "huh" several times at the end of sentences. It was slang for saying "didn't we?" or "don't you agree."
1) To Gail (Gail A.Linderman) (1959 senior yearbook)
To Gail, Source:Swann Galleries
2) To Diane (1959 senior yearbook)
Dear Diane, Source; Spanky Yearbook Archive/Ebay
3) Dear Winnie 1959 senior yearbook)
Dear Winnie, (note: possibly Winnifred Rapinac, a classmate) Source: Ebay
4) To Don (1958 junior yearbook) The inscription appeared in a 1958 Hematite yearbook sold by an online auction. So Bob probably signed it in his junior year..
Dear Don, Source: Heritage Auctions
5) To Brenda (1958 junior yearbook) To Brenda, Source: Come Writers and Critics website
6) To Mary? (probably 1958 junior yearbook)
I'll write under Echo's name.
7) From Echo Helstron to a friend, possibly "Mary." (probably 1958 junior yearbook)
I don't have to bid you a fond farewell
Some of Bob's known friends and bandmates also appear in the yearbook. Although one might think that Bob's musician friends were soley focused on music, many of Bob's friends and bandmates were active in sports, clubs, and even the Hematite. Even Bob was a member of the Latin Club as a sophmore and the Social Studies Club as a senior (although he missed the picture.) You can read their entries to see what thy were involved in. Echo Helstrom (junior year girlfriend) - entry on page 51 (her ambition: to "star" in modeling). John Bucklen (close friend) - (a sophmore while Dylan was a senior) - pictured on page 88. Dale Boutang (close friend) - entry on page 43. Bill Marinac (played bass with the Shadow Blasters) - entry on page 60. Larry Fabbro(played guitar with the Shadow Blasers) - entry on page 48. Chuck Nara (played drums with the Shadow Blasters) - entry on age 63. Monte Edwardson (played guitar with the Golden Chords) - a Junior, pictured on page 79. LeRoy Hoikkala (played drums with the Golden Chords) - entry on page 53. Bob's family's businesses helped support the Yearbook Bob's parents and relatives helped support the yearbook by being listed in the business section in the back. Micka Furniture & Electric (later to become Zimmerman Furniture & Elecric), the appliance store run by Bob's father and two of his father's brothers is listed on page 168. Bob sometimes worked there as a teenager. The Lybba Theater and the State Theater, both movie theaters owned ands operated by Bob's uncles (on his mother's side), Max, Julius, and Sam Edelstein, are listed on pages 170 and 169 respectively. Bob had a free pass to movies at both theaters. Bob's after school hangouts also helped support the Yearbook Collier's Bar B-Q, where Bob's band used to practice, is listed on page 168. The Hibbing Bowling Center, where Bob used to bowl as part of the Gutter Boys team is listed on page 168 Bob's page in close-up.
Just Bob.
Some Class Superlatives - 1 Chuck Nara, at top left, played drums in one of Bob's first bands - the Shadow Blasters. "Best line" is an older expression meaning "best at funny quips or one-liners" or "clever remarks."
Some Class Superlatives - 2. Larry Fabbro, below, voted as the "jolliest" in the class played guitar in one of Bob's first bands - the Shadow Blasters. So between Chuck Nara and Larry Fabbro, Bob hung out with some pretty popular guys in his class.
Some Class Superlatives - 3.
Thoughts on colorizing a yearbook from Chat GPT One of the biggest benefits of colorizing a yearbook is that color reduces the psychological distance between the viewer and the people in the book. Black-and-white photos can make the past feel abstract or "historic," while color makes it feel like these were ordinary teenagers much like students today. Some other benefits include: • Makes people seem more real. Skin tones, eye color (when known or plausibly reconstructed), clothing, and surroundings make students feel like individuals rather than anonymous historical figures. • Increases emotional connection. Family members and descendants often say that colorized photos make them feel as though they're seeing grandparents or parents as living young people instead of distant ancestors. • Encourages younger audiences to engage. Many teenagers and young adults are much more likely to spend time looking at a colorized yearbook because it feels contemporary. • Highlights fashion and culture. The colors of sweaters, dresses, jackets, cars, school decorations, and sports uniforms tell part of the story of the era in a way black and white cannot. • Makes facial expressions easier to read. Subtle smiles, freckles, rosy cheeks, and complexion can make faces appear more expressive and approachable. • Improves storytelling. If you're telling the story of a graduating classÑor of someone like Bob Dylan and his classmatesÑcolor helps readers imagine what daily life actually looked like. • Increases the sense of "being there." Viewers often describe colorized historical images as feeling like they were taken much more recently, almost as if they could step into the scene. • Helps distinguish people. In black and white, similar hairstyles, suits, and dresses can blend together. Color makes individuals easier to recognize and remember. • Makes details stand out. School colors, club emblems, ribbons, flowers, and decorations become more noticeable. • Can make a website more engaging. Visitors often spend longer examining colorized images because there's more visual information to explore. • Creates conversation. People are more likely to comment on, share, and discuss colorized historical photos because they spark curiosity about what life was really like. • Preserves history in a new way. A careful colorization doesn't replace the originalÑit provides an additional interpretation that helps modern viewers appreciate the historical document. • For your introduction to the yearbook, you might write something like: • Color can bridge nearly seven decades. By carefully colorizing this 1959 yearbook, these students no longer seem like distant historical figures. They become teenagers with familiar faces, personalities, and dreams - making it easier to imagine what it was like to walk the halls of Hibbing High School alongside them. • Or, even more succinctly: • Color doesn't change history - it changes how we experience it. It brings the Class of 1959 a little closer to the present, allowing today's viewers to see these students less as figures from the past and more as real young people at the beginning of their lives. • That captures the main value of the project without overstating what colorization can do.
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