New Bedford High School

Estella Costa “Ginger”

Estella Costa (“Ginger”) was a senior at New Bedford High School in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1936, one of 150 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.

Class of 1936

150 in the class of 1936 · 24 more named Costa

Full name: Estella Costa
Known as: Ginger
School: New Bedford High School
Graduated: Class of 1936

Also searched as: Ginger Costa; Costa, Estella.

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Same surname 23
Classmates 149

In context

Estella Costa is number 27 of 150 in the alphabetical list of the New Bedford High School class of 1936 on this site. The entry is on page 32 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 19 to page 72. Between 1930 and 1945, 9 classes of New Bedford High School on this site include someone named Costa: 13 people altogether. Against 120 for 1935, the class of 1936 comes to 150 names on this site. Among the book's opening lines is this class motto or emblem: “EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS”.

On the same scan page	Allen Cunningham, Genia B. Czarnecki
The book's own title	Memoirs Under the Red and White

What the page does not say. Nothing on birth date, grammar school and course appears for Estella, though classmates' entries carry them (birth date 65%, grammar school 65% and course 60%); Estella's entry may print them and have been mis-read, or not print them at all.

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Source

New Bedford High School yearbook, 1936, page 32. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memoirsunderredw1936newb).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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