Cambridge High and Latin School

Hugh J. Curry “Rucky”

Hugh J. Curry (“Rucky”) appears in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 92 Wendell Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 24 more named Curry

Full name: Hugh J. Curry
Known as: Rucky
Lived at: 92 Wendell Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: College
Came from: St. Paul’s School
Headed for: College

Also searched as: Rucky Curry; Hugh Curry; Curry, Hugh.

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Household 5
Group photos 13
Clubs & teams 15
Neighbours 38
Same surname 15
Classmates 420
Same schools 92

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, Hugh is 79th in surname order. In the scan, Hugh appears on page 44, in the first third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). 43 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates, spread over 15 classes between 1915 and 1930, name Wendell Street. Hugh's plan is printed as “College”, which counts here as a college or university; 174 of the 364 classmates who named a plan (48%) named the same kind. Names on this site: 421 for the class of 1929, compared with 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Margaret Curran, Mary Ellen Curran, Edward Parker Cutter
Same street	Wendell Street: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 92 Wendell Street

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

The 1928 city directory lists Hugh J. Curry with the occupation “clerk P O” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Curry at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Hugh Curry (wife Alice B), clerk P householderpage
Anna B Curry, teacher Lowell sch lived herepage
Frances A Curry, student lived herepage
Helen G Curry, techr lived herepage
Hugh J Curry, student lived herepage
John R Curry, broker lived herepage
Margaret L Curry, typist lived herepage

The Curry household is listed here in 1919, 1920, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

In the same photographs:

What Hugh did at school

Home Room Committee
Orchestra 27
Senior Drama Cast
Hockey 6

Fellow members from Hugh's own class:

What the yearbook said

All day long He lightens our hearts with merry song.

Also grew up on Wendell Street

The class of 1929

All 421 in this class →

Others named Curry

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

All 24 people named Curry →

Also came from St. Paul’s School

Also headed for College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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