Brookline High School

George Maxwell Allen “Max”

George Maxwell Allen (“Max”) is one of 219 graduates in the class of 1927 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: General course; lived at 26 Aspinwall Avenue; a motto.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 201 more named Allen

Full name: George Maxwell Allen
Known as: Max
Lived at: 26 Aspinwall Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: General
Ambition: “To get a good ride in his Lizzie”
Pastime: “Driving”

Also searched as: Max Allen; George Allen; George M. Allen; Allen, George.

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Household 3
Neighbours 9
Same surname 159
Classmates 218

In context

Of the 219 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1927 read for this site, George's is 3rd alphabetically. The entry is on page 26 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 81. Across 7 classes of Brookline High School on this site, 13 people give Aspinwall Avenue as a street, from 1924 to 1931. Of the 209 entries in the class with a course, 43 (21%) say General, George's among them. First names that recur in the class of 1927: Helen (7) and Mary (7). In the class of 1928: Helen (11), Margaret (8) and Mary (8).

On the same scan page	Muriel Adams, Harry N. Alexander, Richard Allen
Same street	Aspinwall Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same course	General: 43 of 209 classmates with a course (21%)

At home, 26 Aspinwall Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 city directory lists George Maxwell Allen with the occupation “salesman” (page).

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Allen at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Wm J Allen (wife Margaret J), (Harvard St Garage) householderpage
George M Allen, salesman lived herepage
Rebecca G Allen, clerk lived herepage
Richard J Allen, salesman lived herepage
Wra M Allen, chauffeur lived herepage

The Allen household is listed here in 1920, 1925 and 1931 too.

What the yearbook said

His mind commands respect

Also grew up on Aspinwall Avenue

The class of 1927

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Others named Allen

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 26. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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