Cambridge High and Latin School

John Albert Ponte

Class of 1929, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Albert Ponte. The yearbook entry prints: headed for Harvard College; activities listed: Freshman Baseball and Track; lived at 106 Trowbridge Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 104.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 9 more named Ponte

Full name: John Albert Ponte
Lived at: 106 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Webster School
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Jack Ponte; John Ponte; John A. Ponte; Johnny Ponte.

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Neighbours 53
Same surname 8
Classmates 420
Same schools 95

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, John stands 315th. The entry is on page 104 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. Webster School appears as the earlier school of 55 people in the class, John among them. Trowbridge Street turns up in 14 different Cambridge High and Latin School classes between 1915 and 1930, 54 people in all. Among first names, the class of 1929 favours Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); the class of 1930 had Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Edith Pinkos, Anna Plackowicz, Evelyn Sybil Pofcher
Same street	Trowbridge Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Webster School: 54 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	John: 9 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 106 Trowbridge Street

The 1930 city directory lists John Albert Ponte with the occupation “student” (page).

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

John A Ponte, student lived herepage

What John did at school

Freshman Baseball
Track
Checker Club

What the yearbook said

A man of action—not of books.

Also grew up on Trowbridge Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Ponte

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 Harvard College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 104. 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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