Brookline High School

Dorothy J. Gay “Dot”

Dorothy J. Gay (“Dot”) was one of 249 graduates in the class of 1929 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: College course; activities listed: Class Day Dance and French Club; lived at 209 Clark Road. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 50.

Class of 1929

249 in the class of 1929 · 31 more named Gay

Full name: Dorothy J. Gay
Known as: Dot
Lived at: 209 Clark Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: College
Ambition: “To be an actress. me in”
Pastime: “Talking”

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

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Clubs & teams 500
Neighbours 10
Same surname 25
Classmates 248

In context

Of the 249 names from the Brookline High School class of 1929 that have pages here, Dorothy is 75th in surname order. Dorothy's portrait is on scan page 50, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 31 to 96. Dorothy's course, College, is also the course of 80 others in the 239 entries that print one (34% in all). The name Dorothy appears 6 times among the 249 names on this site from the class. For Brookline High School, the site holds 249 people from the class of 1929, against 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Francis Forsythe, Estelle Friedman, Charles W. Funk
Same club	Class Day Dance: 24 other classmates
Same club	French Club: 66 other classmates
Same course	College: 81 of 239 classmates with a course (34%)
Same first name	Dorothy: 5 other people in the class

At home, 209 Clark Road

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Gay at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Robert M Gay (wife Lula J), teacher householderpage

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 50. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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