Cambridge High and Latin School

Bertha Lester Thayer “Bertie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Bertha Lester Thayer (“Bertie”) among 366 graduates in the class of 1924. The entry gives: came from Agassiz Grammar School; headed for Burdett’s Business College; lived at 44 Garfield Street. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 105.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 33 more named Thayer

Full name: Bertha Lester Thayer
Known as: Bertie
Born: January 26, 1906
Lived at: 44 Garfield Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Burdett’s Business College

Also searched as: Bertie Thayer; Bertha Thayer; Bertha L. Thayer; Thayer, Bertha.

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Neighbours 18
Same surname 26
Classmates 365
Same schools 46

In context

Bertha Lester Thayer is number 336 of 366 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 on this site. Bertha is printed on page 105 of the scan, in the last third of the 29-to-122 run of portrait pages. The first name Bertha appears 21 times in the 12 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930). Bertha's “Burdett’s Business College” falls in the same group as 43 of the 296 plans printed for the class (15%): a business or secretarial school. Among first names, the class of 1924 favours Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12); the class of 1925 had Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Charles Earl Swezey, Albert Irving Szatmary, Effie Adelaide Thomas
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 15 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 43 of 296 classmates with a plan (15%)

At home, 44 Garfield Street

The 1921 city directory lists Bertha Lester Thayer with the occupation “Mrs” (page).

The 1921 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Thayer at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Bertha Thayer, Mrs lived herepage

The Thayer household is listed here in 1917, 1918 and 1919 too.

Also grew up on Garfield Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Thayer

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Burdett’s Business College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 105. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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