Brookline High School

John A. Larson “Al, Swede”

John A. Larson (“Al, Swede”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 23 Hurd Road. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

251 in the class of 1930 · 46 more named Larson

Full name: John A. Larson
Known as: Al, Swede
Lived at: 23 Hurd Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Course: Technical
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “To become an aviator”
Pastime: “Skating, Tennis”

Also searched as: Jack Larson; John Larson; Johnny Larson; Larson, John.

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Same surname 30
Classmates 250
Same schools 55

In context

Going through the Brookline High School class of 1930 from A to Z by surname, John is the 122nd of 251 names on this site. The entry is on page 67 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 35 to page 103. John is the second most common first name in the Brookline High School class of 1930, with 8 people. 26 of the 237 classmates who printed a course (11%) took Technical, as John did. The class of 1930: 39% of printed courses lead to college, versus 36% in 1929 and 35% in 1931.

On the same scan page	Sallie E. Lanagan, Thomas Francis Larkin, Arthur Levine
Same kind of plan	college or university: 68 of 118 classmates with a plan (58%)
Same course	Technical: 26 of 237 classmates with a course (11%)
Same first name	John: 7 other people in the class

At home, 23 Hurd Road

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Larson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Joiin P Larson (wife Hilda), janitor householderpage
Helen B Larson, stenographer lived herepage
Oscar E Larson, U S M lived herepage
Sigrid C Larson, sec lived herepage

What the yearbook said

Who patient is, and right— his day shall yet arise

The class of 1930

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1930, page 67. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1930broo).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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