Cambridge High and Latin School

Della Vivian Edison

Della Vivian Edison appears in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 85 Normandy Avenue. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 3 more named Edison

Full name: Della Vivian Edison
Lived at: 85 Normandy Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Russell School
Headed for: Simmons College

Also searched as: Della Edison; Della V. Edison; Edison, Della.

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 1
Same surname 1
Classmates 420
Same schools 55

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Della stands 114th. Della's portrait is on scan page 54, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 25 to 132. “Simmons College” is Della's plan after graduation; 174 of 364 classmates with a printed plan (48%) named a college or university. Della is one of 26 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 whose entry names Russell School as the school they came from. Count the first names and the class of 1929 gives Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15), where the class of 1928 gives Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Jilda Lucy Eovine, Beatrice Hildegarde Evers, Samuel Factor
Same earlier school	Russell School: 25 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 85 Normandy Avenue

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Edison at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Thomas W Edison (wife Susan), carpenter householderpage

The Edison household is listed here in 1927 too.

What Della did at school

Room Committee, 1925-’26-’27-’28
G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Della's own class:

What the yearbook said

She is a very studious girl, whose pleasure is in working, She is always full of fun and in studies never shirking.

Also grew up on Normandy Avenue

Paul William CadoretteRindge Technical School 1931

The class of 1929

All 421 in this class →

Others named Edison

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

Tena Spencer EdisonCambridge 1928

Also came from Russell School

Also headed for Simmons College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 54. View the original scan at the 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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