Tom's story: 1993 TO 1995
The early years are thin, so 1993 to 1995 share one page. Each year still has its own place below.
10 pieces on this page. Click a picture or "See the whole card" to open the card.
1993 — Tom was 14 and 15
2 pieces on this year: 2 dated to this year.
DATED TO 1993
1533St. John's Preparatory School Records
June 23, 1993 (age 14) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's St. John's Preparatory School permanent school record, covering his entry in September 1992 and his move to Lynnfield High School in June 1993, with a second sheet stamped OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT 6/23/93.
the card says: made at age 14
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1506ST. JOHN'S PREP GPA & TRANSCRIPT 1992-93
July 1, 1993 (age 14) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's GPA and transcript form for entering students from his ninth-grade year at St. John's Prep, 1992-93, a printed form filled in by hand with his courses and grades.
the card says: made at age 14
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1994 — Tom was 15 and 16
3 pieces on this year: 2 dated to this year · 1 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
DATED TO 1994
1818Except Uncle Kenny
March 29, 1994 (age 15) PROVED
ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS (NOT LYRICS)
Tom's handwritten high school essay EXCEPT UNCLE KENNY (Essay #9, Survey of World Lit, March 29, 1994) on growing up in a house touched by a family member's drug and alcohol abuse, on lined notebook paper with the teacher's red grade and comments and the printed essay prompt with his outline.
the card says: written at age 15
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1512LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOLARSHIP REPORT 1993-1994
June 23, 1994 (age 15) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's Lynnfield High School scholarship report card for the 1993-1994 school year, a yellow carbon copy from his class of 1996 years.
the card says: made at age 15
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ABOUT 1994: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
picture kept private
1534Lynnfield High School Records - CTP III Score Label
about 1993-1996 (age 15 to 17) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's Lynnfield High School records: a December 1993 CTP III test score label, a PSAT score strip, and his temporary record for grades 9-12 listing his activities in cross country, JV basketball, wrestling and Latin Club.
the card says: dated from age 15 to age 17
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1995 — Tom was 16 and 17
5 pieces on this year: 5 from a range of years, shown here in the middle.
ABOUT 1995: FROM A RANGE OF YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
1508Lynnfield High School Varsity 'L' - Wrestling 1995-96
about 1995-1996 (age 17) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
Tom's Lynnfield High School Athletic 'L' Award certificate on cream stock, awarding him the Varsity 'L' in wrestling for the 1995-1996 season.
the card says: made at age 17
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1521The Catalyst
about 1995-1996 (age 17) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A folded newsprint page of The Catalyst, the Lynnfield High School paper, from June 1996, with the senior profiles listing Tom as headed to Framingham State, plus pages of student poems.
the card says: made at age 17
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1524Senior Prom Yearbook Page (I Will Remember You) With Prom Photo
about 1995-1996 (age 17) PROVED
SCHOOL AND GROWING-UP KEEPSAKES
A loose yearbook spread headed SENIOR PROM - I Will Remember You, with black-and-white candid prom photos, kept with a color photograph from Tom's senior prom.
the card says: made at age 17
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A WIDE GUESS: MORE THAN 10 YEARS, SHOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE
no picture on the card yet
1094Cassette wall/table collection
about 1988-2002 (age 9 to 24) - a wide guess BEST GUESS
CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES
Tom's own cassette tape collection - loose tapes and a wall of cases including Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Who, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd and Neil Young, alongside his home-made mixes and a tape labeled Tom's Songs.
1659Cassette wall/table collection
about 1988-2002 (age 9 to 24) - a wide guess BEST GUESS
CDS, CD-RS AND CASSETTES
A large collection of cassette tapes in plastic cases with paper J-cards, some with handwritten notes and price stickers, laid out in rows on a table.
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MEMORABILIA FROM THIS STORY
Every card on this page is a real piece — 10 pieces.
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What the words mean: PROVED a date or a dated book proves it. BEST GUESS our best reading, not yet proved. TOM SAID Tom's own word. LIKELY strong clues, not yet proved. NOT PROVED an estimate from the pieces around it. NOT SURE the sources disagree. No word: the card gives none yet. "About 1996-2002" means somewhere in those years; the piece is shown once, in the middle year.