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Portrait of Eleanor C. Downes, Somerville High School, class of 1928
As printed in the 1928 yearbook

Somerville High School

Eleanor C. Downes “Nalla”

Eleanor C. Downes (“Nalla”) appears in the 1928 yearbook of Somerville High School in Somerville, MA, listed at 68 Winslow Ave. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1928

482 in the class of 1928 · 7 more named Downes

Full name
Eleanor C. Downes
Known as
Nalla
Lived at
68 Winslow Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts
School
Somerville High School
Graduated
Class of 1928
Course
Normal

Also searched as: Nalla Downes; Ellie Downes; Eleanor Downes; Nell Downes.

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Edna Downes — HouseholdEdna DownesAdele B. Marchant — Clubs & teamsAdele MarchantBeatrice W. Orrell — Clubs & teamsBeatrice OrrellCharles M. R. Curtin — Clubs & teamsCharles CurtinElizabeth G. Sloane — Clubs & teamsElizabeth SloaneFrancis E. Mahan — Clubs & teamsFrancis MahanGrace Elizabeth Edgerly — Clubs & teamsGrace EdgerlyAlbert E. Johnson — NeighboursAlbert JohnsonEsther Partington — NeighboursEsther PartingtonFrank Segee — NeighboursFrank SegeeRuth D. Partington — NeighboursRuth PartingtonBernard D. Levison — NeighboursBernard LevisonAlexander Downes — Same surnameAlexander DownesJohn Augustine Downes — Same surnameJohn DownesMargaret Downes — Same surnameMargaret DownesSalome Alberta Downes — Same surnameSalome DownesMargaret E. Donovan — ClassmatesMargaret DonovanWarren P. Downing — ClassmatesWarren DowningLawrence Donovan — ClassmatesLawrence DonovanAbbie J. Drago — ClassmatesAbbie DragoJames Arthur Donovan — ClassmatesJames DonovanEvelyn M. Dreisigaker — ClassmatesEvelyn Dreisigaker

In context

This site lists 482 people from the Somerville High School class of 1928; sorted by surname, Eleanor comes 124th. Turning the scan to page 41 shows Eleanor; the portraits we read from this book run from page 25 to page 89. The first name Eleanor appears 44 times in the 12 Somerville High School classes read for this site (1917 to 1931), most often in 1929 (9). Eleanor is listed under “Basketball”, along with 17 other classmates. Names on this site: 482 for the class of 1928, compared with 470 for 1929.

On the same scan pageGeorge F. Donnellan, James Arthur Donovan, Lawrence Donovan, Margaret E. Donovan and 3 more
Same clubBasketball: 17 other classmates
Same courseNormal: 43 of 478 classmates with a course (9%)
Same first nameEleanor: 4 other people in the class
The book's own titleRadiator

At home, 68 Winslow Ave

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

What Eleanor did at school

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Also grew up on Winslow Ave

The class of 1928

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

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1928, page 41. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1928some_0).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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