The Class AlbumOld yearbooks · to 1945

Notable graduates

Artists and architects, before they were famous

They were seniors like everyone else in these yearbooks. Each is matched to the person they became on evidence we show below — a birth date, a nickname, a team.

All notable graduates

Harrison Henry Atwood in the 1903 Men of Massachusetts, 1903 yearbook

Men of Massachusetts, 1903 · Class of 1903

Harrison Henry Atwood

American politician from Massachusetts (1863-1954). In the yearbook: Harrison H. Atwood.

How we know: Birth date printed in the book (August 26, 1863) matches Wikidata exactly, and the name matches Harrison Henry Atwood. Wikipedia

Alfred Easton Poor in the 1920 Harvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) yearbook

Harvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) · Class of 1920

Alfred Easton Poor

American architect.

How we know: Birth date printed in the book (May 24, 1899) matches Wikidata exactly, and the name matches Alfred Easton Poor. Wikipedia

Arthur Emmons Raymond in the 1920 Harvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) yearbook

Harvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) · Class of 1920

Arthur Emmons Raymond

American scientist.

How we know: Birth date printed in the book (March 24, 1899) matches Wikidata exactly, and the name matches Arthur Emmons Raymond. Wikipedia

John Brooks Wheelwright in the 1920 Harvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) yearbook

Harvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) · Class of 1920

John Brooks Wheelwright

American poet.

How we know: Birth date printed in the book (September 9, 1897) matches Wikidata exactly, and the name matches John Brooks Wheelwright. Wikipedia

Dwight Shepler in the 1923 Newton High School yearbook

Newton High School · Class of 1923

Dwight Shepler

American artist (1905-1974). In the yearbook: Dwight Clark Shepler.

How we know: Birth date printed in the book (August 11, 1905) matches Wikidata exactly, and the name matches Dwight Shepler. Wikipedia

Martin Dain in the 1943 Boston Latin School yearbook

Boston Latin School · Class of 1943

Martin Dain

American photographer. In the yearbook: Martin Joseph Dain.

How we know: Name matches Martin Dain (born 1924); their Wikipedia article names Boston Latin School, and the age fits the class of 1943. Wikipedia