Brookline High School

Edith Gallagher “Skeets”

Edith Gallagher (“Skeets”) was one of 118 graduates in the class of 1924 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Kindergarten teacher; activities listed: Glee Club; lived at 15 Naples Road. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 34.

Class of 1924

118 in the class of 1924 · 62 more named Gallagher

Full name: Edith Gallagher
Known as: Skeets
Lived at: 15 Naples Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Headed for: Kindergarten teacher
Ambition: “To succeed”

Also searched as: Skeets Gallagher; Gallagher, Edith.

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Clubs & teams 47
Neighbours 24
Same surname 53
Classmates 117
Same schools 2

In context

Edith Gallagher is number 44 of 118 in the alphabetical list of the Brookline High School class of 1924 on this site. Edith is printed on page 34 of the scan, in the first third of the 22-to-58 run of portrait pages. 14 people named Edith turn up in 7 Brookline High School classes on this site, 1924 to 1931. “Glee Club” appears in 8 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1924, Edith's among them. Plans for a college or university made up 73% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1924 (40 of 55), against 76% in 1923 and 71% in 1925.

On the same scan page	Livingston Gardner, Mae Goldman
Same street	Naples Road: 4 other classmates
Same club	Glee Club: 7 other classmates
Dedication, as printed	“IN DEEP AFFECTION WE, THE CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK”

At home, 15 Naples Road

The 1928 city directory lists Edith Gallagher with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Katheryn Gallagher, widow of Francis C householderpage
Edith Gallagher lived herepage
Mary Gallagher lived herepage

The Gallagher household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Edith did at school

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What the yearbook said

Or light or dark or short or tall she sets a net to snare them all

Also grew up on Naples Road

The class of 1924

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Others named Gallagher

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Also headed for Kindergarten teacher

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1924, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1924broo).

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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