Cambridge High and Latin School

Gertrude Powers “Mitzi”

Gertrude Powers (“Mitzi”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Harvard School; headed for Art School; lived at 287 Huron Avenue.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 93 more named Powers

Full name: Gertrude Powers
Known as: Mitzi
Lived at: 287 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Harvard School
Headed for: Art School

Also searched as: Mitzi Powers; Gertie Powers; Powers, Gertrude.

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Household 1
Neighbours 61
Same surname 71
Classmates 420
Same schools 49

In context

421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Powers puts Gertrude 324th among them. Find Gertrude on page 107 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 are spread over pages 25 to 132. The yearbook lists 31 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 as coming from Harvard School, including Gertrude. The yearbook puts 6 people from the class on Huron Avenue, Gertrude among them. The class of 1929: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Otis Daniel Powers Jr., Donald Charles Presho, Anna Mary Procito
Same street	Huron Avenue: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	art or music school: 17 of 364 classmates with a plan (5%)
Same first name	Gertrude: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 287 Huron Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Gertrude Esther PowersCambridge 1930

What Gertrude did at school

Art Prize of 1928

What the yearbook said

Silence sweeter is than speech.

Also grew up on Huron Avenue

The class of 1929

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Others named Powers

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

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Also came from Harvard School

Also headed for Art School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 107. 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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