Somerville High School

John Joseph Donovan

Class of 1929, Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts: John Joseph Donovan. The yearbook entry prints: Commercial course; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 46.

Class of 1929

470 in the class of 1929 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: John Joseph Donovan
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Commercial

Also searched as: Jack Donovan; John Donovan; John J. Donovan; Johnny Donovan.

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Classmates 469

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470 people from the Somerville High School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Donovan puts John 120th among them. In the scan, John appears on page 46, in the first third of the run of 470 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 101). The surname Donovan turns up 11 times in 6 Somerville High School classes (1920 to 1931) on this site. John is also the first name of 19 other people in the Somerville High School class of 1929. The class of 1929: 20% of printed courses lead to college, versus 24% in 1928 and 23% in 1930.

On the same scan page	L. Morton Dolloff Jr, Mary Agnes Donahue, Helen Louise Dondero, Louise C. Dondero and 2 more
Same course	Commercial: 110 of 461 classmates with a course (24%)
Same first name	John: 19 other people in the class
The book's own title	Radiator Year Book

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 46. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1929some_0).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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