Malden High School

Dorothy Augusta Peabody “Pete”

Class of 1929-A, Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts: Dorothy Augusta Peabody (“Pete”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Centre School; headed for Vespar George; activities listed: Usona and Ecce Signum. Portrait and entry from the Maldonian, page 48.

Class of 1929-A

135 in the class of 1929 · 26 more named Peabody

Full name: Dorothy Augusta Peabody
Known as: Pete
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: General
Came from: Centre School
Headed for: Vespar George

Also searched as: Pete Peabody; Dot Peabody; Dorothy Peabody; Dorothy A. Peabody.

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Clubs & teams 60
Same surname 23
Classmates 134
Same schools 44

In context

Of the 135 entries from the Malden High School class of 1929-A read for this site, Dorothy's is 92nd alphabetically. Dorothy's portrait is on scan page 48, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 67. Dorothy is one of 54 listed under General among the 135 classmates whose course is printed (40%). The first name Dorothy runs through 17 classes of Malden High School (1919 to 1931), 40 people in all, and is most common in 1927 (9). 40% of the graduates in the class of 1929-A whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 69% in 1928-B and 58% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Elizabeth Patterson, Dorothy Marion Pugsley
Same club	Usona: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Centre School: 16 other classmates
Same course	General: 54 of 135 classmates with a course (40%)
The book's own title	Maldonian

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What the yearbook said

“Pete” does hate to have folks think she’s calm and peaceful. She really isn’t that type at all, though never was she distinguished as being a very noisy person. Her personality speaks louder than her words, however.

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Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1929mald).

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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