Brookline High School

Charles Somes Richardson “Charlie”

Charles Somes Richardson (“Charlie”), Brookline High School class of 1928 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: College Prep course; activities listed: French Club and Sagamore; lived at 512 Washington Street.

Class of 1928

232 in the class of 1928 · 115 more named Richardson

Full name: Charles Somes Richardson
Known as: Charlie
Lived at: 512 Washington Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College Prep
Ambition: “To beat Walter Hagen 6 and 5. when they let me in”
Pastime: “Playing golf. Whistling”

Also searched as: Charlie Richardson; Charles Richardson; Charles S. Richardson; Chuck Richardson.

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Clubs & teams 322
Neighbours 41
Same surname 93
Classmates 231

In context

Of the 232 names from the Brookline High School class of 1928 that have pages here, Charles is 189th in surname order. The entry is on page 74 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 87. Charles shared “French Club” with 73 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. 6 people in the Brookline High School class of 1928 are called Charles. In the class of 1928 the first names most often shared were Helen (11), Margaret (8) and Mary (8); the class of 1927 had Helen (7) and Mary (7).

On the same scan page	Gerald Harrison Reynolds, Joseph L. Richmond, Esther Rittenberg
Same street	Washington Street: 6 other classmates
Same club	French Club: 73 other classmates
Same club	Track Squad: 13 other classmates
Same course	College Prep: 33 of 229 classmates with a course (14%)
Same first name	Charles: 5 other people in the class

At home, 512 Washington Street

The 1928 city directory lists Charles Somes Richardson with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Charles S Richardson, student lived herepage

What Charles did at school

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What the yearbook said

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1928, page 74. 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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