Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph Bonasera “Job”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Joseph Bonasera (“Job”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Senior Drama; lived at 68 Portland Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 33.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 1 more named Bonasera

Full name: Joseph Bonasera
Known as: Job
Lived at: 68 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Roberts School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Job Bonasera; Joe Bonasera; Joey Bonasera; Bonasera, Joseph.

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Group photos 7
Clubs & teams 10
Neighbours 26
Classmates 420
Same schools 183

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, Joseph is 34th in surname order. Joseph is printed on page 33 of the scan, right at the start of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. Counting Joseph, “Senior Drama” is named by 6 people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929. The yearbook lists 17 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 as coming from Roberts School, including Joseph. The class of 1929: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Esther Elizabeth Bolosky, Thomas Kyrkland Brackett, Mildred C. Breedy
Same club	Senior Drama: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Roberts School: 16 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, 68 Portland Street

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

Frank Bonasera (wife Tomasina), barber householderpage

The Bonasera household is listed here in 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Senior Drama Cast1929

In the same photographs:

What Joseph did at school

Senior Drama 24
Football, 1927

Fellow members from Joseph's own class:

What the yearbook said

He loves to laugh, he loves all fun Especially when school’s begun.

Also grew up on Portland Street

The class of 1929

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Also came from Roberts School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 33. 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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