Brookline High School

Claire U. Dooley

Claire U. Dooley was one of 118 graduates in the class of 1924 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: activities listed: Art Club and Baseball Team; lived at 88 Coolidge Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 30.

Class of 1924

118 in the class of 1924 · 22 more named Dooley

Full name: Claire U. Dooley
Lived at: 88 Coolidge Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Ambition: “To climb the ladder of success in an elevator. Alpha Pi”

Also searched as: Claire Dooley; Dooley, Claire.

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Clubs & teams 199
Neighbours 12
Same surname 18
Classmates 117

In context

Of the 118 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1924 read for this site, Claire's is 32nd alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 30 shows Claire; the portraits we read from this book run from page 22 to page 58. Claire shared “Baseball Team” with 8 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1924 has 118 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 103 for 1923 and 179 for 1925.

On the same scan page	Lucy E. Dawson, James Donovan, John William Egan
Same club	Art Club: 6 other classmates
Same club	Baseball Team: 8 other classmates
Dedication, as printed	“IN DEEP AFFECTION WE, THE CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK”

At home, 88 Coolidge Street

The 1928 city directory lists Claire U. Dooley with the occupation “sec” (page).

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

Wm T Dooley (wife Elizabeth J), agent householderpage
Thomas W Dooley, wool B lived herepage

The Dooley household is listed here in 1920 and 1928 too.

What Claire did at school

Art Club 148
Baseball Team 155
Freshman-Sophomore Reception Usher ’21
Fourminute speaker ’23-’24
Mandolin Club 31
Marshal ’23-’24
Vice-President Mandolin Club ’24 31
Class Day Marshal '23 208
Sagamore Staff ’23’24 153
Senior Social Committee 31
Year Book Committee 68
Freshman Advisor ’24
French Club 460
Parent-Teacher Association Usher ’23
School Song Committee
Prize Speaking 30
Debating Club 33
Class Debating Team 8

Fellow members from Claire's own class:

What the yearbook said

Her voice u’as like the voice the stars had when they sang together

with.

Also grew up on Coolidge Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Dooley

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1924, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1924broo).

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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