Brookline High School

Helen Frances King “Linka”

Helen Frances King (“Linka”) is one of 232 graduates in the class of 1928 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: Commercial course; activities listed: Class Day Dance and Domestic Science Club; lived at 55 Kent Street.

Class of 1928

232 in the class of 1928 · 145 more named King

Full name: Helen Frances King
Known as: Linka
Lived at: 55 Kent Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: Commercial
Ambition: “I wish I had some”
Pastime: “Reminiscing with Bud”

Also searched as: Linka King; Helen King; Helen F. King; King, Helen.

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Household 1
Clubs & teams 311
Neighbours 13
Same surname 109
Classmates 231

In context

Helen Frances King is number 118 of 232 in the alphabetical list of the Brookline High School class of 1928 on this site. The entry is on page 55 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 87. Helen is listed under “Class Day Dance”, along with 30 other classmates. From 1923 to 1931, 47 Brookline High School graduates on this site share the first name Helen, spread over 9 classes and peaking at 11 in 1928. The most common first names in the class of 1928 were Helen (11), Margaret (8) and Mary (8); in the class of 1927 they were Helen (7) and Mary (7).

On the same scan page	Frank Rogers Killam, Kathryn Marie King, Lucille Klenke
Same club	Class Day Dance: 30 other classmates
Same club	Domestic Science Club: 27 other classmates
Same course	Commercial: 47 of 229 classmates with a course (21%)
Same first name	Helen: 10 other people in the class

At home, 55 Kent Street

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

Kathryn Marie KingBrookline 1928

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

Mary King, widow of John householderpage
Annie King, stenographer lived herepage
Frank P King, chauffeur lived herepage
Mary King, clerk lived herepage

What Helen did at school

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What the yearbook said

Come, give us a taste oj your quality

Also grew up on Kent Street

The class of 1928

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Others named King

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1928, page 55. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1928broo).

Published 1928, 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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