Cambridge High and Latin School

Edna Grace Potter

Edna Grace Potter was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Webster Grammar School; lived at 54 Fairmont Street; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 120.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 54 more named Potter

Full name: Edna Grace Potter
Lived at: 54 Fairmont Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Webster Grammar School

Also searched as: Edna Potter; Edna G. Potter; Potter, Edna.

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Neighbours 10
Same surname 46
Classmates 458
Same schools 103

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Edna stands 359th. Turning the scan to page 120 shows Edna; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. In the 12 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1917 and 1930 that this site covers, 33 people have the first name Edna, with the largest group (6) in 1925. Edna is one of 50 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 whose entry names Webster Grammar School as the school they came from. A college or university was the plan of 191 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1927 (54%), compared with 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	John A. Porteous, Mary Agnes Power
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 49 other classmates
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 54 Fairmont Street

The 1928 city directory lists Edna Grace Potter with the occupation “clerk” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Potter at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Frank T Potter (wife Alice), hlpr householderpage

The Potter household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Edna did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25
French Club, 1924–25

What the yearbook said

A maiden, lovely, kind, and true.

Also grew up on Fairmont Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Potter

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 120. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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