February 13-14, 1921
graphite pencil on commercially-made paper
11 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches
Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
Katie Shen got drunk one Spring-time and fell down a stair breaking her neck. ; ; ; ; ; Feb 14, 1921 –; Bradley was talking some more today about his school days in Leetonia – He mentioned a lot of new names, which were also so expressive that I jotted them down.; ; Brickie Hughes; ; ; Cowboy Ready; ; Tom Brock; ; ; ; Virgie Bushong(Virgie Bushong had two brothers whom they called the Peanut Twins. Every evening they came downtown, bought all the peanuts they could carry in their pockets, stood on the street corner until they had eaten them all, then went home.); ; Scrubby Bradley; ; Piggie Williams; ; Billy Shiker; ; ; Posie Stiver; ; Eph Metzler; ; ; Duke Meaner; ; Clara Shingledecker (Clara should have had a good nickname); ; Joe Noodle; ; ; “Myrt” Farney; ; Fan Getshaw; ; ; Ruth Huffnegel; ; Joe Waggonhouser; ; Joe Potatoes; ; Frank Sweet; ; ; Lindy Lou; ; Wally Phiffs; ; ; Sock Sullivan; ; Nosey Cowen; ; ; Micky Gill; ; Tin-cup Turney; ; ; Mary Teedlebaum; ; Fudder Howell (whatever was in parenthesis following this name is obscured by black marks made in watercolor)