Cambridge High and Latin School

James Joseph Campbell “Slick”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed James Joseph Campbell (“Slick”) among 424 graduates in the class of 1925. The entry gives: came from Sacred Heart Parochial School; headed for Burdett Business College; lived at 223 Hurley Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 98.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 137 more named Campbell

Full name: James Joseph Campbell
Known as: Slick
Born: March 29, 1908
Lived at: 223 Hurley Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Sacred Heart Parochial School
Headed for: Burdett Business College

Also searched as: Slick Campbell; Jim Campbell; James Campbell; James J. Campbell.

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Neighbours 14
Same surname 111
Classmates 423
Same schools 9

In context

This site lists 424 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925; sorted by surname, James comes 55th. James is printed on page 98 of the scan, around the middle of the 29-to-137 run of portrait pages. Between 1918 and 1930, 9 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site include someone named Campbell: 17 people altogether. James is also the first name of 8 other people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925. In the class of 1925, 54% of the plans we could classify (164 of 306) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 50% in 1924 and 55% in 1926.

On the same scan page	John A. Bunyon, Peter F. Burns
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 39 of 365 classmates with a plan (11%)
Same first name	James: 8 other people in the class

At home, 223 Hurley Street

The 1927 city directory lists James Joseph Campbell with the occupation “foreman” (page).

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

James J Campbell (wife Lillian), foreman householderpage

The Campbell household is listed here in 1928 too.

Also grew up on Hurley Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Campbell

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

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Also came from Sacred Heart Parochial School

Also headed for Burdett Business College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 98. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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