Brookline High School

Abraham Birnbaum “Bimbo”

Abraham Birnbaum (“Bimbo”) was one of 103 graduates in the class of 1923 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard —; activities listed: Senior Social; lived at 674 Washington Street. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 24.

Class of 1923

103 in the class of 1923 · 1 more named Birnbaum

Full name: Abraham Birnbaum
Known as: Bimbo
Lived at: 674 Washington Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Headed for: Harvard —
Ambition: “To live a life of “ease and plenty”
Pastime: “Kidding Levon Johnson”

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Group photos 3
Clubs & teams 65
Neighbours 41
Classmates 102
Same schools 97

In context

Of the 103 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1923 read for this site, Abraham's is 9th alphabetically. Abraham is printed on page 24 of the scan, right at the start of the 22-to-51 run of portrait pages. Abraham is listed under “Senior Social”, along with 15 other seniors. A college or university was the plan of 26 of 34 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1923 (76%), compared with 73% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Bertram W. Bernhardt, Ruth S. Brodie, Madeline Bryant
Same club	Senior Social: 15 other classmates
Dedication, as printed	“Arthur W. Roberts IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE”

At home, 674 Washington Street

The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Birnbaum at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Louis Birnbaum (wife Dora), ins householderpage

The Birnbaum household is listed here in 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Abraham's senior portrait.

Crew1923

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What Abraham did at school

Fellow members from Abraham's own class:

What the yearbook said

The Little Giant.

Also grew up on Washington Street

The class of 1923

All 103 in this class →

Also headed for Harvard —

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1923, page 24. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1923broo).

Published 1923, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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