Cambridge High and Latin School

Albert W. Garner “Al”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Albert W. Garner (“Al”) among 319 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: came from Agassiz Grammar School; activities listed: Pirates of Penzance Cast and F. A. C; lived at 1619 Massachusetts Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 64.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 8 more named Garner

Full name: Albert W. Garner
Known as: Al
Lived at: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School

Also searched as: Al Garner; Albert Garner; Garner, Albert.

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Group photos 9
Neighbours 125
Same surname 4
Classmates 318
Same schools 32

In context

319 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 appear on this site, and Garner puts Albert 98th among them. In the scan, Albert appears on page 64, in the first third of the run of 319 portraits read for this site (pages 39 to 119). The first name Albert runs through 10 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 19 people in all, and is most common in 1929 (5). Agassiz Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 18 people in the class, Albert among them. Of the 217 plans printed for the class of 1923 that name a kind of next step, 119 (55%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Imogene Garner, Anna Jeannette Gibson, Ida Gilman
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 17 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue

The 1927 city directory lists Albert W. Garner with the occupation “student H U” (page).

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

Imogene R Garner, Mrs householderpage

The Garner household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Group Photograph1923

In the same photographs:

What Albert did at school

Football, 1921-22
Crew, 1922
Track, 1919
Pirates of Penzance Cast
F. A. C.
Get-together Committees, 1919-21-22

What the yearbook said

GARNER IS THE PERFECT DUDE; THE GIRLS SAY, ‘OH, HOW SWEET

Garner is the perfect dude; he dresses very neat. When he ambles down the hall, the girls say, 'Oh, how sweet'.

Also grew up on Massachusetts Avenue

The class of 1923

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Others named Garner

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 64. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

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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