Boston Latin School

Alexander Downes “Al”

Alexander Downes (“Al”), Boston Latin School class of 1927 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Thomas X. Hart School.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 7 more named Downes

Full name: Alexander Downes
Known as: Al
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Thomas X. Hart School
Headed for: M. I. T

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Same surname 6
Classmates 121
Same schools 28

In context

122 people from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Downes puts Alexander 25th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 356, in the first third of the stretch from page 347 to page 381 where this site found the book's portraits. Against 104 for 1926 and 146 for 1928, the class of 1927 comes to 122 names on this site. A college or university was the plan of 92 of 95 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1927 (97%), compared with 98% in 1926 and 98% in 1928. “Latin School Register” is the name this yearbook gives itself.

On the same scan page	Philip Donely, George Roscoe Dunham Jr, Thomas Wilson Dunn
The book's own title	Latin School Register

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 356. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_5).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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