Brookline High School

George William Prince “Red”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed George William Prince (“Red”) among 219 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: Technical course; lived at 1212 Boylston Street; born in 1907. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 66.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 21 more named Prince

Full name: George William Prince
Known as: Red
Born: B. August 6, 1907.
Lived at: 1212 Boylston Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: Technical
Ambition: “To do something or somebody”
Pastime: “To cross the border into Canada”

Also searched as: Red Prince; George Prince; George W. Prince; Prince, George.

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Neighbours 41
Same surname 14
Classmates 218

In context

219 people from the Brookline High School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Prince puts George 159th among them. The entry is on page 66 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 81. Across 8 classes of Brookline High School on this site, from 1923 to 1931, 15 people are named George. 42 Brookline High School graduates, spread over 9 classes between 1923 and 1931, name Boylston Street. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 44% of those who printed a course in the class of 1927; the neighbouring class shows 45% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Victoria Pollock, Catherine Burrows Raynor, Mary Reid
Same street	Boylston Street: 7 other classmates
Same course	Technical: 20 of 209 classmates with a course (10%)

At home, 1212 Boylston Street

The 1925 city directory lists George William Prince with the occupation “butler” (page).

The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Prince at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George Prince (wife Eva), butler householderpage

The Prince household is listed here in 1920 too.

What the yearbook said

I am going the way oj the world.

Also grew up on Boylston Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Prince

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 66. 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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