Cambridge High and Latin School

Dorothy L. Derby “Dot”

Dorothy L. Derby (“Dot”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Katherine Gibbs School; lived at 5 Burton Place, Milton.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 12 more named Derby

Full name: Dorothy L. Derby
Known as: Dot
Born: January 27, 1906
Lived at: 5 Burton Place, Milton, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Katherine Gibbs School

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

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Same surname 8
Classmates 365
Same schools 68

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 366 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924, Dorothy stands 90th. Turning the scan to page 48 shows Dorothy; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 122. The first name Dorothy appears 96 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1927 (10). Dorothy's “Katherine Gibbs School” falls in the same group as 43 of the 296 plans printed for the class (15%): a business or secretarial school. Against 319 for 1923 and 424 for 1925, the class of 1924 comes to 366 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Adele De Lancey, John Lacey Delaney, Gladys Dennison
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 43 of 296 classmates with a plan (15%)
Same first name	Dorothy: 6 other people in the class

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Also headed for Katherine Gibbs School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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