Cambridge High and Latin School

John Holbrook “Professor”

John Holbrook (“Professor”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Agassiz Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 36 Garfield Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 82.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 24 more named Holbrook

Full name: John Holbrook
Known as: Professor
Lived at: 36 Garfield Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Professor Holbrook; Jack Holbrook; Johnny Holbrook; Holbrook, John.

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Household 1
Group photos 5
Neighbours 17
Same surname 14
Classmates 458
Same schools 331

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, John stands 209th. John's portrait is on scan page 82, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 145. Across 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1914 to 1930, 182 people are named John; the class of 1926 has the most, 24. Agassiz Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 27 people in the class, John among them. Against 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928, the class of 1927 comes to 459 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Eugene Hillis, Richard Waldeman Holm, Lawrence Joseph Horan
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 26 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	John: 21 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 36 Garfield Street

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

Charles M. HolbrookCambridge 1929

The 1928 city directory lists John Holbrook with the occupation “student H U” (page).

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

John Holbrook, student H U lived herepage

The Holbrook household is listed here in 1921 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

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What John did at school

Room Committee, 1924–25–26–27
Chess Club, 1926–27

What the yearbook said

Simple-hearted, boy o’ergrown, With a humor quite his own.

Also grew up on Garfield Street

The class of 1927

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Other people named John Holbrook in the archive

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Others named Holbrook

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 82. 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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