Cambridge High and Latin School

Bessie Louise Valentine “Bess”

Bessie Louise Valentine (“Bess”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Radcliffe; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 24 Prescott Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 115.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 17 more named Valentine

Full name: Bessie Louise Valentine
Known as: Bess
Born: March 22, 1906
Lived at: 24 Prescott Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

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Clubs & teams 89
Neighbours 8
Same surname 12
Classmates 318
Same schools 78

In context

Bessie Louise Valentine is number 303 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. The entry is on page 115 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 39 to page 119. Bessie did not arrive alone from Peabody Grammar School: 21 other graduates name it too. The first name Bessie appears 14 times in the 7 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1928). Against 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924, the class of 1923 comes to 319 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Catherine Usher, Kathryn Vinicomb, Carlotte Mary Walsh
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 24 Prescott Street

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

Percy Valentine householderpage

What Bessie did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Bessie's own class:

What the yearbook said

NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER SHE AND ALMA STICK TOGETHER

No matter what the weather she and Alma stick together.

Also grew up on Prescott Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Valentine

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 115. 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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