Cambridge High and Latin School

Helen N. Legate “Brownie”

Helen N. Legate (“Brownie”) appears in the 1926 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 117 Avon Hill Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 1 more named Legate

Full name: Helen N. Legate
Known as: Brownie
Lived at: 117 Avon Hill Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Junior High School in Boston

Also searched as: Brownie Legate; Helen Legate; Legate, Helen.

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Neighbours 15
Classmates 461

In context

Helen N. Legate is number 246 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. The entry is on page 85 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 140. The name Helen appears 14 times among the 462 names on this site from the class. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1926 (197 of 355), against 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Lea Elizabeth Leahy, Angelique Lefebvre, Anna Lerner
Same first name	Helen: 13 other people in the class

At home, 117 Avon Hill Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Legate at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Annie S Legate householderpage

The Legate household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

What Helen did at school

Senior Drama, 1926
Spanish Club, 1926

What the yearbook said

Helen's such a gentle lass, Knows quite enough to pass!

Also grew up on Avon Hill Street

The class of 1926

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 85. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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