Cambridge High and Latin School

Harold Julian Flax “Hal”

Harold Julian Flax (“Hal”) was one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Harvard University; lived at 16 Maple Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 50.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 4 more named Flax

Full name: Harold Julian Flax
Known as: Hal
Lived at: 16 Maple Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard University

Also searched as: Hal Flax; Harold Flax; Harold J. Flax; Harry Flax.

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Household 1
Group photos 5
Neighbours 21
Same surname 2
Classmates 482
Same schools 58

In context

Harold Julian Flax is number 145 of 483 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 on this site. Turning the scan to page 50 shows Harold; the portraits we read from this book run from page 21 to page 118. Harvard Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 47 people in the class, Harold among them. Neighbours on paper: 4 seniors share Maple Avenue with Harold. Of the 371 plans printed for the class of 1930 that name a kind of next step, 206 (56%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Edith Flax, Margery Barbara Flynn, Saul Fogel, Gertrude Marie Foley
Same street	Maple Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Harold: 5 other people in the class

At home, 16 Maple Avenue

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

Irving FlaxCambridge 1924

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Flax at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Samuel W Flax (wife Annie), real estate B householderpage
Irving Flax, real estate lived herepage
Leo Flax, real estate lived herepage

The Flax household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Harold's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Harold did at school

Track, 1926-27
Home Room Committee, 1929-30

What the yearbook said

Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more'

Also grew up on Maple Avenue

The class of 1930

All 483 in this class →

Others named Flax

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

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 50. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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