Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph Maurice Krasnoff “Krasy Job Speedy”

Joseph Maurice Krasnoff (“Krasy Job Speedy”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Freshman Baseball, Basketball; lived at 36 Willow Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 2 more named Krasnoff

Full name: Joseph Maurice Krasnoff
Known as: Krasy Job Speedy
Lived at: 36 Willow Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Kelley School
Headed for: Boston University

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Neighbours 17
Same surname 1
Classmates 420
Same schools 276

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Joseph is the 216th of 421 names on this site. The entry is on page 79 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. The name Joseph appears 9 times among the 421 names on this site from the class. Joseph's “Boston University” falls in the same group as 174 of the 364 plans printed for the class (48%): a college or university. Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1929, and Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14) in the class of 1930.

On the same scan page	Charlotte Kochanski, Freeda Koretz, Nathaniel Kramer
Same earlier school	Kelley School: 10 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, 36 Willow Street

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

Wm Krasnoff (wife Minnie), gro householderpage

The Krasnoff household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Joseph did at school

Freshman Baseball, Basketball
Assistant Advertising Manager of Year Book
Room Committee, 1926
Checker Team, 1928
Cross Country, 1927
Track, 1927

What the yearbook said

Here's a boy who has instilled in us 'pep', He's leaving behind an envious 'rep'.

Also grew up on Willow Street

The class of 1929

All 421 in this class →

Others named Krasnoff

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

Robert Daniel KrasnoffCentral 1942

Also came from Kelley School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 79. 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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