Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Tracy “Ibby”

Elizabeth Tracy (“Ibby”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Agassiz School; headed for Radcliffe College; lived at 7 Chauncy Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 30 more named Tracy

Full name: Elizabeth Tracy
Known as: Ibby
Lived at: 7 Chauncy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Agassiz School
Headed for: Radcliffe College

Also searched as: Ibby Tracy; Betty Tracy; Beth Tracy; Tracy, Elizabeth.

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Group photos 8
Clubs & teams 10
Neighbours 3
Same surname 24
Classmates 420
Same schools 47

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Elizabeth stands 393rd. The entry is on page 125 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 86 people have the first name Elizabeth, with the largest group (10) in 1927. Elizabeth's “Radcliffe College” falls in the same group as 174 of the 364 plans printed for the class (48%): a college or university. Among first names, the class of 1929 favours Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); the class of 1928 had Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Mary Louise Toomey, Shirley Elizabeth Trask, Virginia Turner
Same earlier school	Agassiz School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 7 Chauncy Street

The 1930 city directory lists Elizabeth Tracy with the occupation “student R Coll” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Tracy at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Ellen P Tracy, Mrs tehr Continuation sch householderpage
Elizabeth Tracy, student R Coll lived herepage

The Tracy household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

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

Review Staff1929

In the same photographs:

What Elizabeth did at school

G. A. A., Basketball Team, 1926
Art Editor, Review, 1928-'29 13
Art Editor, Year Book, 1929

Fellow members from Elizabeth's own class:

What the yearbook said

To capture brilliance, grace, and wit, Just gaze on Ibby, for she's it.

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The class of 1929

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Also headed for Radcliffe College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 125. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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