Cambridge High and Latin School
Bessie Banks “Bess”
Class of 1925, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Bessie Banks (“Bess”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Enter Business; lived at 51 Cedar Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 32.
Class of 1925
424 in the class of 1925 · 24 more named Banks
- Full name
- Bessie Banks
- Known as
- Bess
- Born
- June 16, 1908
- Lived at
- 51 Cedar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1925
- Came from
- Ellis Grammar School
- Headed for
- Enter Business
Also searched as: Bess Banks; Banks, Bessie.
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In context
Bessie Banks is number 21 of 424 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 on this site. Bessie's portrait is on scan page 32, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 137. Across 7 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1928, 14 people are named Bessie. “Enter Business” is Bessie's plan after graduation; 45 of 365 classmates with a printed plan (12%) named going to work. In the class of 1925 the first names most often shared were Mary (19), John (16) and William (12); the class of 1924 had Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12).
| On the same scan page | Etta Aronson, Dorothy J. Bacon, Catherine A. Bannon |
|---|---|
| Same earlier school | Ellis Grammar School: 31 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | work: 45 of 365 classmates with a plan (12%) |
At home, 51 Cedar Street
The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Banks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Louise Banks, widow of Simeon householderpage
The Banks household is listed here in 1927 too.
Also grew up on Cedar Street
The class of 1925
George BaganCambridge 1925
Catherine A. BannonCambridge 1925
Dorothy J. BaconCambridge 1925
Joseph F. BaptistCambridge 1925
Etta AronsonCambridge 1925
Edith BaronCambridge 1925
Others named Banks
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Elwin BanksArlington 1930
Leroy BanksBelmont 1926
Dorothy R. BanksCambridge 1924
David Douglas BanksCambridge 1927
Henrietta Florence BanksCambridge 1927
John Patrick BanksCambridge 1927
Also came from Ellis Grammar School
Alvin John CavicchiRindge Technical School 1931
Harold A. CrawfordRindge Technical School 1931
Charles Edward DownsRindge Technical School 1931
Thomas A. PrintonRindge Technical School 1931
Rose AdrianCambridge 1915
Mildred Pauline CaldwellCambridge 1915
Also headed for Enter Business
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 32.
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Published 1925, 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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