Brookline High School

Gertrude Frances “Gert”

Gertrude Frances (“Gert”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 14 Foster Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

251 in the class of 1930 · 3 more named Frances

Full name: Gertrude Frances
Known as: Gert
Lived at: 14 Foster Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Course: College
Headed for: Pembroke College
Ambition: “A trip to Honolulu”
Pastime: “Swimming”

Also searched as: Gert Frances; Gertie Frances; Frances, Gertrude.

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Clubs & teams 256
Same surname 2
Classmates 250
Same schools 2

In context

Gertrude Frances is number 66 of 251 in the alphabetical list of the Brookline High School class of 1930 on this site. Turning the scan to page 58 shows Gertrude; the portraits we read from this book run from page 35 to page 103. College or university was the plan of 68 of the 118 classmates who printed one (58%), and Gertrude is listed with “Pembroke College”. 7 people in the Brookline High School class of 1930 are called Gertrude. This site lists 251 names for the class of 1930, against 249 for 1929 and 273 for 1931.

On the same scan page	Elizabeth F. Hamilton, John E. Handrahan, Irene H. Herman
Same club	Girls' League: 132 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 68 of 118 classmates with a plan (58%)
Same course	College: 72 of 237 classmates with a course (30%)
Same first name	Gertrude: 6 other people in the class

What Gertrude did at school

Girls' League 474

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What the yearbook said

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The class of 1930

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Others named Frances

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

Also headed for Pembroke College

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1930, page 58. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1930broo).

Published 1930, 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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