Cambridge High and Latin School

Henry L. Barber “Fat”

Henry L. Barber (“Fat”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Colby College; lived at 3 Howard Street; a motto.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 38 more named Barber

Full name: Henry L. Barber
Known as: Fat
Lived at: 3 Howard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Headed for: Colby College

Also searched as: Fat Barber; Henry Barber; Barber, Henry.

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Group photos 7
Neighbours 13
Same surname 28
Classmates 461

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Barber puts Henry 10th among them. In the scan, Henry appears on page 25, right at the start of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). In the 13 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1915 and 1930 that this site covers, 30 people have the first name Henry, with the largest group (5) in 1927. Among the 388 people in the class who printed a plan, 197 (51%) named a college or university, as Henry did (“Colby College”). In the class of 1926, 55% of the plans we could classify (197 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Sidney Frothingham Ball, Elizabeth Butler Barbour, Ellen Agnes Barrett
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 3 Howard Street

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

Saul H Barber, prod householderpage

The Barber household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

In the same photographs:

What Henry did at school

Football, 1925
Swimming, 1923-24-25-26
Room Committee, 1924

What the yearbook said

Henry shakes a wicked limb, In other words, he sure can swim!

Also grew up on Howard Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Barber

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

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Also headed for Colby College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 25. 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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