Cambridge High and Latin School

Arthur Foster

Arthur Foster was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Agassiz Grammar School; headed for P. G., Harvard; lived at 9 Irving Terrace. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 62.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 108 more named Foster

Full name: Arthur Foster
Born: Feb. 13, 1908
Lived at: 9 Irving Terrace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: P. G., Harvard

Also searched as: Art Foster; Foster, Arthur.

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Household 1
Group photos 4
Neighbours 2
Same surname 70
Classmates 318
Same schools 34

In context

Arthur Foster is number 90 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. The entry is on page 62 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 39 to page 119. Arthur did not arrive alone from Agassiz Grammar School: 17 other classmates name it too. The first name Arthur runs through 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 24 people in all, and is most common in 1930 (5). 55% of the graduates in the class of 1923 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Samuel Fradkin, George Fram, Bertha M. Fraser
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 17 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 9 Irving Terrace

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Samuel T. FosterCambridge 1917

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

Ferguson W Foster (wife Lillian E), carpenter householderpage
Helen Foster, registrar lived herepage

The Foster household is listed here in 1918 and 1920 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Opera Cast (Bells Of Corneville)1923

In the same photographs:

What Arthur did at school

“Pirates of Penzance” Chorus
“Bells of Corneville” Cast

What the yearbook said

AT SINGING HE IS QUITE A BIRD, AND YOU’RE IN LUCK IF HIM YOU'VE HEARD.” “Pirates of Penzance” Chorus “Bells of Corneville’”’ Cast

At singing he is quite a bird, and you’re in luck if him you’ve heard.

Also grew up on Irving Terrace

The class of 1923

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Others named Foster

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

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for P. G., Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 62. 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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