Cambridge High and Latin School
Claire V. Powell “Buddy”
Claire V. Powell (“Buddy”) appears in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 21 Irving Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.
Class of 1929
421 in the class of 1929 · 38 more named Powell
- Full name
- Claire V. Powell
- Known as
- Buddy
- Lived at
- 21 Irving Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Came from
- Agassiz School
- Headed for
- Training for nurse at Symmes Hospital
Also searched as: Buddy Powell; Claire Powell; Powell, Claire.
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Claire stands 319th. Claire is printed on page 105 of the scan, in the last third of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. Agassiz School appears as the earlier school of 21 people in the class, Claire among them. “Training for nurse at Symmes Hospital” is Claire's plan after graduation; 9 of 364 classmates with a printed plan (2%) named nursing. The most common first names in the class of 1929 were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); in the class of 1930 they were Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).
| On the same scan page | Kathleen Cecilia Porter, Lucy Agnes Portnova, Edith Possick |
|---|---|
| Same earlier school | Agassiz School: 20 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | nursing: 9 of 364 classmates with a plan (2%) |
| The book's own title | The Cambridge Review |
What Claire did at school
- Home Economic Club
- G. A. A. 522
Fellow members from Claire's own class:
What the yearbook said
Face of pink, lips of red, Ivory skin, ebony head.
Also grew up on Irving Street
The class of 1929
Edith PossickCambridge 1929
Julia PowellCambridge 1929
Lucy Agnes PortnovaCambridge 1929
Dorothea Marie PowerCambridge 1929
Kathleen Cecilia PorterCambridge 1929
William Henry PowerCambridge 1929
Others named Powell
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Francis PowellChelsea 1925
Beth PowellCentral 1941
William Thomas Powell JrCentral 1944
Katherine Jane PowellFitchburg 1907
Cornelia PowellFitchburg 1911
Elizabeth Weston PowellCambridge 1918
Also came from Agassiz School
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 105.
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Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).
Published 1929, 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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