Cambridge High and Latin School

Dorothy J. Bacon “Dot, Dicko, Dibbo”

Class of 1925, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dorothy J. Bacon (“Dot, Dicko, Dibbo”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Harvard Grammar; headed for Sweetbriar College or Holland College; lived at 122 Hancock Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 32.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 33 more named Bacon

Full name: Dorothy J. Bacon
Known as: Dot, Dicko, Dibbo
Born: August 2, 1906
Lived at: 122 Hancock Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Harvard Grammar
Headed for: Sweetbriar College or Holland College

Also searched as: Dot Bacon; Dorothy Bacon; Dottie Bacon; Bacon, Dorothy.

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Neighbours 33
Same surname 23
Classmates 423
Same schools 6

In context

Of the 424 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 read for this site, Dorothy's is 19th alphabetically. The entry is on page 32 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 137. In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 96 people have the first name Dorothy, with the largest group (10) in 1927. Among the 365 people in the class who printed a plan, 164 (45%) named a college or university, as Dorothy did (“Sweetbriar College or Holland College”). This site lists 424 names for the class of 1925, against 366 for 1924 and 462 for 1926.

On the same scan page	Etta Aronson, Bessie Banks, Catherine A. Bannon
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar: 45 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	Dorothy: 8 other people in the class

At home, 122 Hancock Street

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Bacon at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Warren L Bacon (wife Lillian), clerk householderpage
Lucy A Bacon, bookkeeper lived herepage

The Bacon household is listed here in 1917 too.

What Dorothy did at school

G. A. A., ’22, ’23
Room Committee, ’25
Get-Together Committee, ’22

What the yearbook said

Dot” “Dicko” “Dibbo

Also grew up on Hancock Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Bacon

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

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Also came from Harvard Grammar

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 32. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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