Cambridge High and Latin School

Frances Elizabeth Shain “Fran”

Frances Elizabeth Shain (“Fran”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Radcliffe; activities listed: Basketball and Baseball; lived at 114 Trowbridge Street.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 6 more named Shain

Full name: Frances Elizabeth Shain
Known as: Fran
Lived at: 114 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

Also searched as: Fran Shain; Frances Shain; Frances E. Shain; Frankie Shain.

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Group photos 15
Clubs & teams 252
Neighbours 53
Same surname 5
Classmates 482
Same schools 76

In context

Of the 483 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 read for this site, Frances's is 405th alphabetically. Frances's portrait is on scan page 102, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 118. The first name Frances appears 55 times in the 14 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1930). Among the 430 people in the class who printed a plan, 206 (48%) named a college or university, as Frances did (“Radcliffe”). The most common first names in the class of 1930 were Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); in the class of 1929 they were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Thoma Victor Serino, William Malcolm Seymourian, Dorothy Catherine Shannon, Fannie Shapiro
Same street	Trowbridge Street: 6 other classmates
Same club	Baseball: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)

At home, 114 Trowbridge Street

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

Edward Shain (wife Sophie), treasurer householderpage
Sophie Shain, Mrs president householderpage

Also pictured in group photographs

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What Frances did at school

Basketball 14
Baseball 13
Home Room Committee, 1927-28-29
Review 13
Chess Club
G. A. A. 522
Tennis

Fellow members from Frances's own class:

What the yearbook said

FRAN” “The laughter of a girl is among the delightful sounds on earth

The laughter of a girl is among the delightful sounds on earth.

Also grew up on Trowbridge Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Shain

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

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 102. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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