Brookline High School
Eleanor L. Bowker “Ge-ge, Eleana, Bowk”
Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Eleanor L. Bowker (“Ge-ge, Eleana, Bowk”) among 103 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: headed for Wheelock’s; activities listed: Special Chorus and Prize Speaking Chorus; lived at 322 Harvard Street. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 25.
Class of 1923
103 in the class of 1923 · 15 more named Bowker
- Full name
- Eleanor L. Bowker
- Known as
- Ge-ge, Eleana, Bowk
- Lived at
- 322 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1923
- Headed for
- Wheelock’s
- Ambition
- “To be a dancing teacher”
- Pastime
- “Dancing, skating, knitting”
Also searched as: Ellie Bowker; Eleanor Bowker; Nell Bowker; Bowker, Eleanor.
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At home, 322 Harvard Street
The 1925 city directory lists Eleanor L. Bowker with the occupation “student” (page).
The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Bowker at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
What Eleanor did at school
- Special Chorus 12
- Prize Speaking Chorus
- French Club 460
- SophomoreFreshman Social Committee ’21
- Treasurer Girls’ Glee Club ’22 50
- President Girls’ Glee Club ’23 50
- Class Day Dance 173
- Class Day Marshal ’22 208
- Banner Bearer ’22
- Marshal ’2 1 -’23
- Freshman Advisor ’22-’23
- Hospitality Committee Girls’ League ’22 474
- Spanish Club 171
- Entertainment Committee 10
- Dance Committee 33
Fellow members from Eleanor's own class:
What the yearbook said
She, the sweetest of all singers
Also grew up on Harvard Street
The class of 1923
Abraham BirnbaumBrookline 1923
Marion BowmanBrookline 1923
Bertram W. BernhardtBrookline 1923
Grace H. BradleyBrookline 1923
Louise BentleyBrookline 1923
Ruth S. BrodieBrookline 1923
Others named Bowker
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Bradford Mitchell BowkerWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1927
Lillian BowkerNew Bedford 1940
Hinda Bernadine BowkerEmerson College 1928
Louise A. BowkerNorth Quincy 1936
Charles W. BowkerMen of Massachusetts, 1903 1903
Wm. H. BowkerMen of Progress, 1896 (Massachusetts) 1896
Also headed for Wheelock’s
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1923, page 25.
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