Cambridge High and Latin School

Irving Flax “Mike”

Irving Flax (“Mike”) is one of 366 graduates in the class of 1924 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1924 yearbook entry gives: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Dartmouth; lived at 16 Maple Avenue.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 4 more named Flax

Full name: Irving Flax
Known as: Mike
Born: December 15, 1906
Lived at: 16 Maple Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Dartmouth

Also searched as: Mike Flax; Flax, Irving.

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Household 1
Neighbours 21
Same surname 2
Classmates 365
Same schools 131

In context

Irving Flax is number 122 of 366 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 on this site. Find Irving on page 56 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 are spread over pages 29 to 122. The yearbook lists 29 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 as coming from Harvard Grammar School, including Irving. Of 296 classmates who gave a plan, 123 (42%) point to a college or university; Irving's entry says “Dartmouth”. A college or university was the plan of 123 of 244 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1924 (50%), compared with 55% in 1923 and 54% in 1925.

On the same scan page	Benjamin Fleischer, John George Fleming, Cornelius J. Ford
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)

At home, 16 Maple Avenue

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

Harold Julian FlaxCambridge 1930

The 1927 city directory lists Irving Flax with the occupation “real estate” (page).

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

Samuel W Flax (wife Annie), real estate householderpage
Leo Flax, salesman lived herepage

The Flax household is listed here in 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Irving did at school

Track, 1920-21-22
Football, 1922
Assistant Manager of Crew, 1922

Also grew up on Maple Avenue

The class of 1924

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Others named Flax

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

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Dartmouth

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 56. 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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