Cambridge High and Latin School

John Clune McGirr “Red Penrod Reggie”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Clune McGirr (“Red Penrod Reggie”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for P. G.—Harvard; lived at 1436 Cambridge Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 103.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 2 more named McGirr

Full name: John Clune McGirr
Known as: Red Penrod Reggie
Lived at: 1436 Cambridge Street
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: P. G.—Harvard

Also searched as: Jack McGirr; John McGirr; John C. McGirr; Johnny McGirr.

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Household 1
Group photos 6
Neighbours 121
Classmates 458
Same schools 97

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and McGirr puts John 293rd among them. Turning the scan to page 103 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. John is also the first name of 21 other people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927. Across 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, 119 people give Cambridge Street as a street, from 1914 to 1930. Plans for a college or university made up 54% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1927 (191 of 355), against 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Catherine McCormick, Edward H. McDonough, Norton Stephen McFadden
Same street	Cambridge Street: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 38 other classmates
Same first name	John: 21 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 1436 Cambridge Street

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

Rose Frances McGirrCambridge 1924

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against John's senior portrait.

Swimming1927

In the same photographs:

What John did at school

Swimming, 1927
Room Committee, 1924–25–27

What the yearbook said

Laughter holding both his sides.

Also grew up on Cambridge Street

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for P. G.—Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 103. 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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