Cambridge High and Latin School

George E. Norton “Doc”

George E. Norton (“Doc”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster School; headed for Harvard; lived at 16 Linnaean Street.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 40 more named Norton

Full name: George E. Norton
Known as: Doc
Lived at: 16 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Webster School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Doc Norton; George Norton; Norton, George.

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Group photos 3
Neighbours 10
Same surname 28
Classmates 461
Same schools 253

In context

Of the 462 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 read for this site, George's is 322nd alphabetically. George is printed on page 105 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. Across 13 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1917 to 1930, 47 people are named George; the class of 1930 has the most, 8. Among the 388 people in the class who printed a plan, 197 (51%) named a college or university, as George did (“Harvard”). In the class of 1926, 55% of the plans we could classify (197 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Lillian Novak, James Nunzio, Agnes D. O’Brien
Same earlier school	Webster School: 37 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 16 Linnaean Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Norton at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George E Norton (wife Nellie M), phys householderpage
George E Norton Jr., student lived herepage

The Norton household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

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

Reception Committee1926

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What George did at school

Room Committee, 1925
Reception Committee, 1926

Also grew up on Linnaean Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Norton

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Also came from Webster School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 105. 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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