Cambridge High and Latin School

John Joseph McCarthy “Johnnie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed John Joseph McCarthy (“Johnnie”) among 319 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: came from Harvard Grammar School; lived at 79 Amory Street; born in 1904. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 85.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 159 more named McCarthy

Full name: John Joseph McCarthy
Known as: Johnnie
Born: November 27, 1904
Lived at: 79 Amory Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Business

Also searched as: Johnnie McCarthy; Jack McCarthy; John McCarthy; John J. McCarthy.

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Household 1
Neighbours 11
Same surname 151
Classmates 318
Same schools 101

In context

This site lists 319 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923; sorted by surname, John comes 186th. Turning the scan to page 85 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 39 to page 119. John's “Business” falls in the same group as 24 of the 253 plans printed for the class (9%): going to work. The surname McCarthy turns up 27 times in 10 Cambridge High and Latin School classes (1915 to 1930) on this site. In the class of 1923, 55% of the plans we could classify (119 of 217) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Frederick McCafferty, Edward Paul McCarthy, Joseph Daniel McCarthy
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 24 of 253 classmates with a plan (9%)
Same first name	John: 12 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 79 Amory Street

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

Thomas Francis McCarthyCambridge 1930

What the yearbook said

WE FEAR THIS BOY WILL SOON GET ROUGH AND START TO CARRY A POWDER PUFF

We fear this boy will soon get rough and start to carry a powder puff.

Also grew up on Amory Street

The class of 1923

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John Joseph McCarthyCentral 1944

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Business

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 85. 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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