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Portrait of John Alvin Porteous, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1926
As printed in the 1926 yearbook

Cambridge High and Latin School

John Alvin Porteous

John Alvin Porteous was one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: lived at 279 Pearl Street; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 111.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 3 more named Porteous

Full name
John Alvin Porteous
Lived at
279 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School
Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated
Class of 1926
Headed for
Will enter business

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

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John A. Porteous — HouseholdJohn PorteousFrancis John Foley — NeighboursFrancis FoleyJosephine Ann McIsaac — NeighboursJosephine McIsaacRose McCaigue — NeighboursRose McCaigueCatherine V. Burns — NeighboursCatherine BurnsClementine Sylvia Bond — NeighboursClementine BondPolly Frances Porteous — Same surnamePolly PorteousMary M. Plunkett — ClassmatesMary PlunkettRose A. Porter — ClassmatesRose PorterR. Whitney Pierce — ClassmatesWhitney PierceBernice Virginia Potter — ClassmatesBernice PotterN. Helen Phelps — ClassmatesHelen PhelpsIrene Ruth Powell — ClassmatesIrene PowellFlorence Catherine Ricard — Same schoolsFlorence RicardJohn Robert Wiseman — Same schoolsJohn WisemanDorothy Marie Young — Same schoolsDorothy Young

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Porteous puts John 348th among them. In the scan, John appears on page 111, in the last third of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). John's “Will enter business” falls in the same group as 47 of the 388 plans printed for the class (12%): going to work. In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 182 people have the first name John, with the largest group (24) in 1926. Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1926, and Mary (19), John (16) and William (12) in the class of 1925.

On the same scan pageR. Whitney Pierce, Mary M. Plunkett, Rose A. Porter
Same kind of planwork: 47 of 388 classmates with a plan (12%)
Same first nameJohn: 23 other people in the class

At home, 279 Pearl Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

What the yearbook said

71 Gore Street

Also grew up on Pearl Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Porteous

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

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 111. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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