Cambridge High and Latin School

Bradford Cannon “Brad”

Bradford Cannon (Reconstructive surgery and burn victim care) is in the 1924 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates and what the book says.

Class of 1924

Before they were famous

Bradford Cannon Reconstructive surgery and burn victim care

Bradford Cannon specialized in reconstructive surgery for burn victims. He was the first chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. While in the U.S. Army, he led a surgical section at Valley Forge General Hospital. He also served as president of several surgical societies and consulted for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Born: December 2, 1907
Died: 2005
Age in this yearbook: about 17
In the yearbook as: Bradford Cannon, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1924

How we know this is the same person: Birth date printed in the book (December 2, 1907) matches Wikidata exactly, and the name matches Bradford Cannon. Summary written from the Wikipedia article (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

366 in the class of 1924 · 32 more named Cannon

Full name: Bradford Cannon
Known as: Brad
Born: December 2, 1907
Lived at: 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

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Household 3
Same surname 21
Classmates 365
Same schools 170

In context

Of the 366 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 that have pages here, Bradford is 42nd in surname order. Turning the scan to page 38 shows Bradford; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 122. Agassiz Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 16 people in the class, Bradford among them. Among the 296 people in the class who printed a plan, 123 (42%) named a college or university, as Bradford did (“Harvard”). Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1924, and Mary (19), John (16) and William (12) in the class of 1925.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Cain, Helga Marie Carlson, Joseph Patrick Carney
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 15 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)

At home, 2 Divinity Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 city directory lists Bradford Cannon with the occupation “student H U” (page).

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

Walter B Cannon (wife Cornelia J), prof H U householderpage
Ida M Cannon, social service lived herepage

The Cannon household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

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The class of 1924

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 38. 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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