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Detailed information about Bob Dylan's family in Minnesotta can be found here.
In the beginning there was... DULUTH, Minnesota, Abe Zimmerman's home town.
Bob's father is on this DULUTH ZENITH 1929 yearbook:
Beatrice Stone, Bob's mother is on the HIBBING HEMATITE 1932 yearbook:
HEMATITE: THE HIBBING HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS: 1957, 1958, 1959.
Bob Dylan attended Grade 2-12 at Hibbing High School.
Hibbing High School 1950's post card.
"HEMATITE": One might wonder why a high school yearbook from Hibbing, Minnesota, would be named the Hematite. Well, it turns out that Hibbing sits right on the Mesabi Iron Range, a vast deposit of iron ore of which hematite is the principally-occurring form. In 1963, Dylan memorialized the region in his song "North Country Blues" which laments the hard times due to mines shutting down. It is also mentioned in a Springsteen song "Youngstown". (entertainment.ha.com)
1957 front cover
1957 inside
 1958 front cover |
 1958 inside page |
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Below: Bob Dylan signed this yearbook for his junior year right on the title page and wrote: "Dear Don,/ We had fun this year in English, huh? I'll probably see you this summer tho, Luck Bob Z".
 1958 first page |
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Below: Other signed and inscribed copy of the 1958 Hibbing High School Hematite
yearbook in blue ballpoint pen. Bob Dylan has written to a fellow classmate:"Dear Brenda, Well I didn't see you too much this year but
you know that went (sic) on in Study Hall was jus' kidding. I hope
you and Jerry have all the happiness or is it LeRoy?? See yuh around
this summer. A Friend, Bob Zimmerman".
HEMATITE 1959:
 1959 front cover |
 1959 "We'll Remember Always..." Robert Zimmerman wrote: "To join Little Richard" |
 1959 detail |
1959 Senior Year School Yearbook, inscribed with a note and signature 'Bob Zimmernan'.