Cambridge High and Latin School

David Douglas Banks “Ike Kid”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: David Douglas Banks (“Ike Kid”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 24 Gibson Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 32.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 24 more named Banks

Full name: David Douglas Banks
Known as: Ike Kid
Lived at: 24 Gibson Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Dave Banks; David Banks; David D. Banks; Banks, David.

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Neighbours 1
Same surname 20
Classmates 458
Same schools 320

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Banks puts David 14th among them. David is printed on page 32 of the scan, right at the start of the 29-to-145 run of portrait pages. Among the 393 people in the class who printed a plan, 191 (49%) named a college or university, as David did (“Boston University”). From 1918 to 1930, 30 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name David, spread over 13 classes. Count the first names and the class of 1927 gives Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14), where the class of 1926 gives Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19).

On the same scan page	Georve V. Badoian, Henrietta Florence Banks, John Patrick Banks
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 24 Gibson Street

The 1927 city directory lists David Douglas Banks with the occupation “coremkr” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Banks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

David D Banks (wife Annie M), coremkr householderpage

The Banks household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assured us.

Also grew up on Gibson Street

Emily HatchCambridge 1921

The class of 1927

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Others named Banks

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 32. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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