Cambridge High and Latin School

Frances C. Donovan “Fran”

Frances C. Donovan (“Fran”) is one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: came from Agassiz School; headed for Kindergarten Normal School; lived at 71 Sacramento Street.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: Frances C. Donovan
Known as: Fran
Lived at: 71 Sacramento Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Agassiz School
Headed for: Kindergarten Normal School

Also searched as: Fran Donovan; Frances Donovan; Frankie Donovan; Donovan, Frances.

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Group photos 4
Neighbours 32
Same surname 95
Classmates 461
Same schools 24

In context

Of the 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 that have pages here, Frances is 107th in surname order. In the scan, Frances appears on page 50, in the first third of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). Agassiz School appears as the earlier school of 21 people in the class, Frances among them. Frances's plan is printed as “Kindergarten Normal School”, which counts here as a normal school or teachers college; 43 of the 388 classmates who named a plan (11%) named the same kind. Count the first names and the class of 1926 gives Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19), where the class of 1925 gives Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Helen M. Donovan, Harold P. Dow, John Augustine Downes
Same earlier school	Agassiz School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 43 of 388 classmates with a plan (11%)
Same first name	Frances: 4 other people in the class

Also pictured in group photographs

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

The Senior Basket Ball Team1926

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What Frances did at school

G. A. A., 1923-24
Room Committee, 1925
Pin Committee, 1925-26
Senior Basketball Team, 1926
Class Secretary, 1926

What the yearbook said

Graceful ways and a pretty face, In our hearts, she has her place

Also grew up on Sacramento Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Donovan

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Also came from Agassiz School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 50. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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