Malden High School

Dorothy Elizabeth Briggs “Dottie”

Class of 1926-A, Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts: Dorothy Elizabeth Briggs (“Dottie”). The yearbook entry prints: came from West School; headed for Miss Wheelock’s School; lived at 17 Garnet Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 16.

Class of 1926-A

86 in the class of 1926 · 43 more named Briggs

Full name: Dorothy Elizabeth Briggs
Known as: Dottie
Born: November 30, 1906
Lived at: 17 Garnet Street, Malden, Massachusetts
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Course: General
Came from: West School
Headed for: Miss Wheelock’s School

Also searched as: Dottie Briggs; Dot Briggs; Dorothy Briggs; Dorothy E. Briggs.

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Same surname 35
Classmates 85
Same schools 24

In context

Of the 86 names from the Malden High School class of 1926-A that have pages here, Dorothy is 9th in surname order. The entry is on page 16 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 14 to page 33. Of the 86 entries in the class with a course, 19 (22%) say General, Dorothy's among them. Across 17 classes of Malden High School on this site, from 1919 to 1931, 40 people are named Dorothy; the class of 1927 has the most, 9. This site lists 86 names for the class of 1926-A, against 77 for 1925.

On the same scan page	Charles August Bethe, Theodora Brown, William Francis Buckley
Same earlier school	West School: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 7 of 70 classmates with a plan (10%)
Same course	General: 19 of 86 classmates with a course (22%)

What the yearbook said

She is pretty to walk with And witty to talk with And pleasant to think on.

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Also headed for Miss Wheelock’s School

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Malden High School yearbook, 1926, page 16. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1926mald).

Published 1926, 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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