Cambridge High and Latin School

Isabelle Duff “Betty”

Isabelle Duff (“Betty”) is one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: headed for Simmons College; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 48 Jay Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 8 more named Duff

Full name: Isabelle Duff
Known as: Betty
Lived at: 48 Jay Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Webster School
Headed for: Simmons College

Also searched as: Betty Duff; Belle Duff; Duff, Isabelle.

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 15
Same surname 7
Classmates 420
Same schools 85

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Isabelle comes 109th. Isabelle is printed on page 52 of the scan, in the first third of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. “Simmons College” is Isabelle's plan after graduation; 174 of 364 classmates with a printed plan (48%) named a college or university. Counting Isabelle, 55 people in the class are listed as coming from Webster School. The class of 1929: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Mary C. Driscoll, John Joseph Droney, Rose Duchin
Same earlier school	Webster School: 54 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, 48 Jay Street

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

Sidney M Duff (wife Mary E), welder householderpage

The Duff household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

What Isabelle did at school

Room Committee, 1925-'26
G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Isabelle's own class:

What the yearbook said

A maiden lovely, kind and fair, Not troubled by a single care.

Also grew up on Jay Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Duff

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

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Also came from Webster School

Also headed for Simmons College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 52. 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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