If graduation time has you reminiscing about your final days in high school, but you just can't seem to find that yearbook you stashed in the back of a closet, here are a couple of possible solutions to your nostalgic predicament.
You can buy old high school yearbooks at www.elementaryschoolyearbook.com, so, as their Web site says, you can "make fun of people just like in the old days." Recently among the inventory included a 1987 San Pedro High book for $100 and a 1975 book from Torrance's North High for $90.
If the yearbook you are looking for is not among the 2700 or so they have in stock, they'll hunt it down for you for a $4.95 fee that will be credited toward the cost of the yearbook.
If you want to look for it yourself, www.ourclassreunion.com/wantedlist.html, has a list of resources to help, including a list of links to yearbooks grouped by state that are offered for sale on eBay, and a tutorial explaining how to find yearbooks on the Web.
If, however, you are among those who value a little cash over those memories, you can also try selling your yearbook at www.ourclassreunion.com/wantedlist.html, where you'll find a list of public and private school, high school, military, alumni or college yearbooks wanted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. Scroll down the page and click on the state where you went to high school. For example, someone out there is searching for a long-lost 1986 Banning High yearbook.
Another option for local high school graduates looking for yearbooks is the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library in Torrance, which has the following yearbooks available for viewing: Bishop Montgomery (1968-1994); North High (1956-59, 1961-63, 1966-67, 1972-73, 1977-90, 1993); Hawthorne High (1991); South High (1960-62, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976-88, 1990); Torrance High (1950, 1959, 1961-62, 1964-66, 1968-71, 1973-2001, 2003) and West High (1964-68, 1971-72, 1974-87, 1992).
And just how often do people look at their yearbooks? If our online graduation poll is any indication, not all that much: 56 percent said "rarely" and 12 percent said "never," while 11 percent said "frequently" and 13 percent said "at least once a year." Nine percent did not respond to the question.