Cambridge High and Latin School

Allen Thompson “Shrimp”

Allen Thompson (“Shrimp”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Peabody School; headed for Harvard College; lived at 38 Ashington Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 124.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 185 more named Thompson

Full name: Allen Thompson
Known as: Shrimp
Lived at: 38 Ashington Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Peabody School
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Shrimp Thompson; Thompson, Allen.

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Same surname 123
Classmates 420
Same schools 65

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Allen stands 388th. Turning the scan to page 124 shows Allen; the portraits we read from this book run from page 25 to page 132. Peabody School appears as the earlier school of 24 people in the class, Allen among them. Allen's “Harvard College” falls in the same group as 174 of the 364 plans printed for the class (48%): a college or university. A college or university was the plan of 174 of 308 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1929 (56%), compared with 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Millicent Iona Thorne, Marie Laurette Timmons, Jean Ellsworth Tobin
Same earlier school	Peabody School: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What the yearbook said

Prominent member of that very select group of honor pupils!

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Also came from Peabody School

Also headed for Harvard College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 124. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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