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Wearing A Black Eye @ Cornish 1926

July 25th, 2008 @ 1:14 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Postborder
Here’s a question for you. What do Brendan Fraser, one of the blue men from the Blue Man Group, and Nancy Wilson (of Heart) all have in common? Anyone? Anyone? The answer is that they all attended Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts. I’m not sure if the writer of this 1926 card did too, but I do know she was “wearing a black eye groaning with a sore rib.” Ouch. The building, now known as Kerry Hall, is still standing on Capitol Hill. Click for more res.
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Cornish School, Roy Street at Harvard, Seattle.
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Cornish School, Roy Street at Harvard, Seattle. This building, designed by A.H. Albertson, Architect, was built by popular subscription for the Cornish School, and was opened in July, 1921. The Cornish School is recognized as the foremost school of the Arts west of Chicago. It has a faculty of 50 instructors in Drama, Music and Dancing. Students are registered from all parts of this country and Canada. The total is enrollment is about 1200. Postcard sent March, 1926.

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2 Responses:

  1. joe wrote:
    July 25th, 2008 @ 5:54 am

    Ahhh, corporal punishment alive and well in 1926.

  2. Jonathan S wrote:
    July 25th, 2008 @ 9:16 am

    “Mama and Jim are their usual sweet selves.” A black eye? A sore rib? I’d like to see Mama and Jim when they’re freakin’ pissed.

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