Cambridge High and Latin School

Bessie Minsk “Baby”

Bessie Minsk (“Baby”) appears in the 1925 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 189 Columbia Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 1 more named Minsk

Full name: Bessie Minsk
Known as: Baby
Lived at: 189 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Fletcher Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Baby Minsk; Minsk, Bessie.

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Neighbours 65
Classmates 423
Same schools 321

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 from A to Z by surname, Bessie is the 255th of 424 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 69, around the middle of the stretch from page 29 to page 137 where this site found the book's portraits. 12 other classmates came from Fletcher Grammar School, the school Bessie is listed as coming from. The first name Bessie appears 14 times in the 7 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1928). The most common first names in the class of 1925 were Mary (19), John (16) and William (12); in the class of 1924 they were Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12).

On the same scan page	Janet Catherine Mitchell, Esther Mittell, Anna Molloy
Same street	Columbia Street: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Fletcher Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)

At home, 189 Columbia Street

The 1927 city directory lists Bessie Minsk with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Max Minsk (wife Eva), tailor householderpage

The Minsk household is listed here in 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1925

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Also came from Fletcher Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 69. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

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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