Cambridge High and Latin School

Gustaf Charles Headberg “Gus”

Gustaf Charles Headberg (“Gus”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Tufts College; activities listed: Football; lived at 9 West Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 2 more named Headberg

Full name: Gustaf Charles Headberg
Known as: Gus
Lived at: 9 West Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Tufts College

Also searched as: Gus Headberg; Gustaf Headberg; Gustaf C. Headberg; Headberg, Gustaf.

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Household 1
Neighbours 3
Classmates 415
Same schools 72

In context

Of the 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, Gustaf is 186th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 74 shows Gustaf; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. The yearbook lists 34 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 as coming from Harvard Grammar School, including Gustaf. College or university was the plan of 173 of the 343 classmates who printed one (50%), and Gustaf is listed with “Tufts College”. Of the 297 plans printed for the class of 1928 that name a kind of next step, 173 (58%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Evelyn Louise Hefferman, Lawrence Joseph Henderson, Margaret Hill
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 9 West Street

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

Alice Frances HeadbergCambridge 1930

The 1928 city directory lists Gustaf Charles Headberg with the occupation “superintendent” (page).

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

Gustaf C Headberg (wife Frances M), superintendent householderpage

The Headberg household is listed here in 1918, 1927 and 1930 too.

What Gustaf did at school

Football

What the yearbook said

He follows close the rigors of the statute, To make him an example.

Also grew up on West Street

The class of 1928

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Tufts College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 74. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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