Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph Pacheco “Peanuts”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Joseph Pacheco (“Peanuts”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: headed for Massachusetts Institute of Technology; activities listed: Basketball; lived at 262 Charles Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 108.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 14 more named Pacheco

Full name: Joseph Pacheco
Known as: Peanuts
Lived at: 262 Charles Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Thorndike Grammar School
Headed for: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Also searched as: Peanuts Pacheco; Joe Pacheco; Joey Pacheco; Pacheco, Joseph.

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Group photos 3
Neighbours 2
Same surname 13
Classmates 415
Same schools 34

In context

Of the 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, Joseph is 316th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 108 shows Joseph; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. Joseph is also the first name of 4 other people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928. College or university was the plan of 173 of the 343 classmates who printed one (50%), and Joseph is listed with “Massachusetts Institute of Technology”. First names that recur in the class of 1928: Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16). In the class of 1927: Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Julia Mary Owens, Dana Lawrence Packard, Julia Hartwell Pearson
Same earlier school	Thorndike Grammar School: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	Joseph: 4 other people in the class

At home, 262 Charles Street

The 1927 city directory lists Joseph Pacheco with the occupation “laborer” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Pacheco at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Joseph Pacheco (wife Mary), laborer householderpage

The Pacheco household is listed here in 1925 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

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What Joseph did at school

Basketball

What the yearbook said

Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom courage, Temper to hate, and unto all success.

Also grew up on Charles Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Pacheco

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

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Also came from Thorndike Grammar School

Also headed for Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 108. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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