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Portrait of Eleanor Spencer Holmes, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1924
As printed in the 1924 yearbook

Cambridge High and Latin School

Eleanor Spencer Holmes “El, Ellie, Homsie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Eleanor Spencer Holmes (“El, Ellie, Homsie”) among 366 graduates in the class of 1924. The entry gives: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Vassar—Journalism; lived at 19 Hillside Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 66.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 88 more named Holmes

Full name
Eleanor Spencer Holmes
Known as
El, Ellie, Homsie
Born
February 22, 1907
Lived at
19 Hillside Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School
Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated
Class of 1924
Came from
Peabody Grammar School
Headed for
Vassar—Journalism

Also searched as: Ellie Holmes; Eleanor Holmes; Eleanor S. Holmes; Nell Holmes.

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Margaret Holmes — HouseholdMargaret HolmesHenry Wyman Holmes, Jr. — HouseholdHenry Holmes,Jeremiah Joseph Sullivan — Group photosJeremiah SullivanPhilip C. Rutledge — Group photosPhilip RutledgeRobert Swezey — Group photosRobert SwezeyWilliam C. Campbell — Group photosWilliam CampbellSamuel Winthrop — Group photosSamuel WinthropPeter Alexander Pertzoff — NeighboursPeter PertzoffElizabeth Noble Furey — NeighboursElizabeth FureyFrancis Rice Foxcroft — NeighboursFrancis FoxcroftJohn A. Holmes — Same surnameJohn HolmesOliver W. Holmes — Same surnameOliver HolmesRobert Holmes — Same surnameRobert HolmesDorothy Holmes — Same surnameDorothy HolmesEllen Dorrit Hoffleit — ClassmatesEllen HoffleitKingsley W. Hooker — ClassmatesKingsley HookerGrace Elizabeth Herlihy — ClassmatesGrace HerlihyMary Hovenanian — ClassmatesMary HovenanianHazel Elizabeth Heckman — ClassmatesHazel HeckmanMinnie Hurwitz — ClassmatesMinnie HurwitzMargaret F. Clancy — Same schoolsMargaret ClancyNathan N. Cohen — Same schoolsNathan CohenCatherine Josephine Collins — Same schoolsCatherine Collins

At home, 19 Hillside Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 city directory lists Eleanor Spencer Holmes with the occupation “student” (page).

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

  • Henry W Holmes (wife May M), prof H U householderpage

The Holmes household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Eleanor's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Eleanor did at school

  • G. A. A. F. A. C., 1921
  • French Club, 1924 Review, 1923
  • Year Book, 1924
  • Get-Together Committee, 1921

Also grew up on Hillside Avenue

The class of 1924

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Others named Holmes

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 66. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

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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