Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph Banks “Joe Buttons”

Joseph Banks (“Joe Buttons”) is one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: came from Morse School; headed for Boston University; lived at 14 Allston Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 24 more named Banks

Full name: Joseph Banks
Known as: Joe Buttons
Lived at: 14 Allston Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Morse School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Joe Banks; Joey Banks; Banks, Joseph.

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Household 1
Neighbours 35
Same surname 19
Classmates 420
Same schools 275

In context

Joseph Banks is number 15 of 421 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 on this site. Joseph is printed on page 28 of the scan, right at the start of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. The first name Joseph appears 83 times in the 15 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1930), most often in 1927 (11). “Boston University” is Joseph's plan after graduation; 174 of 364 classmates with a printed plan (48%) named a college or university. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1929 has 421 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Edith C. Andren, Walter Louis Bangs, Rose Lillian Barenberg
Same earlier school	Morse School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Joseph: 8 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 14 Allston Street

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

John Patrick BanksCambridge 1927

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Banks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Michael J Banks (wife Margaret H), ironwkr householderpage

The Banks household is listed here in 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925 and 1927 too.

What the yearbook said

Hail to the man among women Who still retains his reason!

Also grew up on Allston Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Banks

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

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Also came from Morse School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 28. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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