Cambridge High and Latin School

Henry Olken “Pete”

Henry Olken (“Pete”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 158 Tremont Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 6 more named Olken

Full name: Henry Olken
Known as: Pete
Lived at: 158 Tremont Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Pete Olken; Olken, Henry.

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Household 3
Neighbours 29
Same surname 2
Classmates 415
Same schools 277

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Henry is the 298th of 416 names on this site. In the scan, Henry appears on page 106, in the last third of the run of 416 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 134). “Harvard” is Henry's plan after graduation; 173 of 343 classmates with a printed plan (50%) named a college or university. Counting Henry, 34 people in the class are listed as coming from Harvard Grammar School. A college or university was the plan of 173 of 297 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (58%), compared with 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Benjamin F. Olken, Dorothy May Olney, Paul John O’Leary
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 158 Tremont Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

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

Max Olken (wife Sarah), carpenter householderpage

The Olken household is listed here in 1921, 1925 and 1927 too.

What Henry did at school

Choir, 1924–25
Room Committee, 1924–25

What the yearbook said

I work, I work, oh how I work.

Also grew up on Tremont Street

The class of 1928

All 416 in this class →

Others named Olken

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

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 106. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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