Brookline High School

Caroline Densmore “Carol”

Caroline Densmore (“Carol”), Brookline High School class of 1928 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: College course; activities listed: Field Hockey and Gym Team; lived at 26 Downing Road.

Class of 1928

232 in the class of 1928 · 7 more named Densmore

Full name: Caroline Densmore
Known as: Carol
Lived at: 26 Downing Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College
Ambition: “To fill my place in the world”
Pastime: “Stretching my reputation”

Also searched as: Carol Densmore; Densmore, Caroline.

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Household 1
Group photos 9
Clubs & teams 224
Neighbours 2
Same surname 4
Classmates 231

In context

Of the 232 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1928 read for this site, Caroline's is 51st alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 38, in the first third of the stretch from page 26 to page 87 where this site found the book's portraits. College was the course of 62 out of 229 classmates who printed one (27%), including Caroline. In the Brookline High School class of 1928, 34 entries mention “Dramatics”; Caroline's is one of them. Helen (11), Margaret (8) and Mary (8) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1928, and Helen (7) and Mary (7) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	Lawrence M. Dean, Marjorie Leah Dean, Margaret Frances Deviney
Same club	Gym Team: 14 other classmates
Same club	Swimming: 8 other classmates
Same course	College: 62 of 229 classmates with a course (27%)

At home, 26 Downing Road

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Edward Dana DensmoreBrookline 1927

The 1931 city directory lists Caroline Densmore with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Densmore at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Annie L Densmore, widow of Edward D householderpage

The Densmore household is listed here in 1925 and 1931 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Caroline's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Caroline did at school

Field Hockey 20
Gym Team 99
Swimming 92
Basketball 79
Head Marshal Class Day ’27 208
All Boston Junior Field Hockey Team
Chairman Girls’ League Spelling Team ’27-’28
Senior Advisor ’27-’28
Marshal '28
Dramatics 213
Class Day Committee ’28 39

Fellow members from Caroline's own class:

What the yearbook said

A day for toil, an hour for sport, But for a friend, life is too short

Also grew up on Downing Road

The class of 1928

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Others named Densmore

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1928, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1928broo).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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