Cambridge High and Latin School

Frances Katherine Black “Fran”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Frances Katherine Black (“Fran”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: headed for Bryant and Stratton; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 145 Willow Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 31.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 48 more named Black

Full name: Frances Katherine Black
Known as: Fran
Lived at: 145 Willow Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Wellington School
Headed for: Bryant and Stratton

Also searched as: Fran Black; Frances Black; Frances K. Black; Frankie Black.

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 17
Same surname 32
Classmates 420
Same schools 51

In context

Frances Katherine Black is number 27 of 421 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 on this site. Frances is printed on page 31 of the scan, right at the start of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. There are 8 people named Frances in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; the entry on this page is one of them. Business or secretarial school was the plan of 70 of the 364 classmates who printed one (19%), and Frances is listed with “Bryant and Stratton”. The class of 1929 has 421 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Matilda O. Berkeley, Harry Berman, Helen Blackmur
Same earlier school	Wellington School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Frances: 7 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 145 Willow Street

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

Richard Black, teamster householderpage

The Black household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Frances did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Frances's own class:

What the yearbook said

A girl like Fran can never be forgotten.

Also grew up on Willow Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Black

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Also came from Wellington School

Also headed for Bryant and Stratton

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 31. 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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