Cambridge High and Latin School

Eleanor B. Adams “Ellie”

Eleanor B. Adams (“Ellie”) is one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: came from Agassiz Grammar School; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 27 Garfield Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 139 more named Adams

Full name: Eleanor B. Adams
Known as: Ellie
Lived at: 27 Garfield Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

Also searched as: Ellie Adams; Eleanor Adams; Nell Adams; Adams, Eleanor.

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Group photos 14
Neighbours 18
Same surname 97
Classmates 458
Same schools 89

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Eleanor stands 4th. Find Eleanor on page 29 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are spread over pages 29 to 145. Across 12 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1917 to 1930, 41 people are named Eleanor; the class of 1928 has the most, 8. Eleanor's “Radcliffe” falls in the same group as 191 of the 393 plans printed for the class (49%): a college or university. Against 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928, the class of 1927 comes to 459 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Isabel Mary Abbott, Sarah Ackerman, Dorothy Mary Adams
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 26 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 27 Garfield Street

The 1928 city directory lists Eleanor B. Adams with the occupation “student R Coll” (page).

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

Eleanor B Adams, student R Coll lived herepage

The Adams household is listed here in 1925 and 1930 too.

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What Eleanor did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25–26–27
French Club, 1926–27
K. B., 1927

What the yearbook said

O, like a queen’s her happy tread, And like a queen’s her golden head.

Also grew up on Garfield Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Adams

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 29. 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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