Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Margaret Cummings “Betty”

Elizabeth Margaret Cummings (“Betty”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Agassiz Grammar School; headed for Burdett’s Business College; lived at 25 Copley Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 70 more named Cummings

Full name: Elizabeth Margaret Cummings
Known as: Betty
Lived at: 25 Copley Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Burdett’s Business College

Also searched as: Betty Cummings; Elizabeth Cummings; Elizabeth M. Cummings; Beth Cummings.

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Group photos 9
Neighbours 4
Same surname 66
Classmates 458
Same schools 42

In context

Of the 459 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Elizabeth's is 102nd alphabetically. Elizabeth's portrait is on scan page 55, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 145. 10 people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are called Elizabeth. The yearbook lists 27 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 as coming from Agassiz Grammar School, including Elizabeth. 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	Frances Alice Curry, Margaret Gertrude Daley
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 26 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 9 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 25 Copley Street

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

Patrick J Cummings (wife Elizabeth M), foreman householderpage
John J Cummings, elect lived herepage
Thomas C Cummings, student lived herepage

The Cummings household is listed here in 1928 too.

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

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What Elizabeth did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25–26–27
Basketball, 1924–25–26–27
Varsity, 1925–26–27
Room Committee, 1927

What the yearbook said

Here is her hair. The painter plays the spider, and hath woven A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men.

Also grew up on Copley Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Cummings

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Burdett’s Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 55. 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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