Cambridge High and Latin School

Helen Caroline Perkins “Polly”

Helen Caroline Perkins (“Polly”) is one of 424 graduates in the class of 1925 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1925 yearbook entry gives: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 13 Cottage Street.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 89 more named Perkins

Full name: Helen Caroline Perkins
Known as: Polly
Born: November 13, 1906
Lived at: 13 Cottage Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

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Household 1
Neighbours 18
Same surname 72
Classmates 423
Same schools 393

In context

Of the 424 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 that have pages here, Helen is 311th in surname order. Helen's portrait is on scan page 78, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 137. 148 people named Helen turn up in 15 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1915 to 1930; 1924 has the most with 17. Among the 365 people in the class who printed a plan, 164 (45%) named a college or university, as Helen did (“Boston University”). Of the 306 plans printed for the class of 1925 that name a kind of next step, 164 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 50% in 1924 and 55% in 1926.

On the same scan page	Margaret J. Persons, Evelyn Viola Peterson, Gertrude Hattie Phelps
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	Helen: 10 other people in the class

At home, 13 Cottage Street

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

Grace Marsh PerkinsCambridge 1920

The 1930 city directory lists Helen Caroline Perkins with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

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

Nathan W Perkins (wife Nellie M), insurance agent householderpage
John A Perkins, clerk lived herepage

The Perkins household is listed here in 1916, 1918, 1920, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

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Also grew up on Cottage Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Perkins

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 78. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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