Cambridge High and Latin School

John James Carver “Icha”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed John James Carver (“Icha”) among 319 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Exeter, Dartmouth; lived at 324 Columbia Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 47.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 10 more named Carver

Full name: John James Carver
Known as: Icha
Born: September 28, 1904
Lived at: 324 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Exeter, Dartmouth

Also searched as: Icha Carver; Jack Carver; John Carver; John J. Carver.

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Group photos 9
Neighbours 65
Same surname 4
Classmates 318
Same schools 36

In context

John James Carver is number 31 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Turning the scan to page 47 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 39 to page 119. Columbia Street runs through 14 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site (1915 to 1930); 63 people list it. 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. The class of 1923: 55% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Eva M. Catsiff, Robert C. Chapin
Same street	Columbia Street: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
Same first name	John: 12 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 324 Columbia Street

The 1927 city directory lists John James Carver with the occupation “student H U” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Carver at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Emma Carver, Mrs householderpage

The Carver household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Group Photograph1923

In the same photographs:

What John did at school

Football, 1922–23
Track, 1920–21
Hockey, 1922–23
Baseball 1921–22, Captain, 1923
Get together, 1920–21

What the yearbook said

BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY

Baseball, football, hockey, he plays them all the same.

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Carver

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

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Also came from Wellington Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 47. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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