Cambridge High and Latin School

James John Barry “Red”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: James John Barry (“Red”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Sacred Heart School; headed for Boston College; lived at 23 Four Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 33.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 74 more named Barry

Full name: James John Barry
Known as: Red
Lived at: 23 Four Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Red Barry; Jim Barry; James Barry; James J. Barry.

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Same surname 70
Classmates 458
Same schools 129

In context

This site lists 459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927; sorted by surname, James comes 19th. Turning the scan to page 33 shows James; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. Across 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1917 to 1930, 72 people are named James. Between 1917 and 1929, 10 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site include someone named Barry: 12 people altogether. A college or university was the plan of 191 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1927 (54%), compared with 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Walter Baptiste, Ethel Baron, Brooks Bartlett
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	James: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 23 Four Street

The 1930 city directory lists James John Barry with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Michael Barry (wife Annie) householderpage

The Barry household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

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The class of 1927

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Others named Barry

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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