Cambridge High and Latin School

Helga Marie Carlson “Bud, Heke, Dumb, Goofus”

Helga Marie Carlson (“Bud, Heke, Dumb, Goofus”) is one of 366 graduates in the class of 1924 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1924 yearbook entry gives: headed for Stenographer; activities listed: Student Government Committee; lived at 98 Brookline Street.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 78 more named Carlson

Full name: Helga Marie Carlson
Known as: Bud, Heke, Dumb, Goofus
Born: March 13, 1907
Lived at: 98 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Stenographer

Also searched as: Helga Carlson; Helga M. Carlson; Carlson, Helga.

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Household 1
Neighbours 44
Same surname 58
Classmates 365
Same schools 147

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 from A to Z by surname, Helga is the 44th of 366 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 38 shows Helga; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 122. 47 other classmates came from Webster Grammar School, the school Helga is listed as coming from. Helga's “Stenographer” falls in the same group as 34 of the 296 plans printed for the class (11%): going to work. First names that recur in the class of 1924: Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12). In the class of 1925: Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Dorothy Cain, Bradford Cannon, Joseph Patrick Carney
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 47 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 34 of 296 classmates with a plan (11%)

At home, 98 Brookline Street

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

Edward CarlsonCambridge 1920

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

Edward Carlson, pntr householderpage
Edward Carlson, foreman householderpage
Edward C Carlson Jr., student MIT lived herepage

The Carlson household is listed here in 1918 and 1919 too.

What Helga did at school

Student Government Committee

What the yearbook said

Bud,” “Heke,” “Dumb,” “Goofus” S67

90 Beaner Street

Also grew up on Brookline Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Carlson

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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