Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph Shannon “Chick”

Class of 1926, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Joseph Shannon (“Chick”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Kelley School; headed for Leland-Stanford University; lived at 358 Walden Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 121.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 23 more named Shannon

Full name: Joseph Shannon
Known as: Chick
Lived at: 358 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Kelley School
Headed for: Leland-Stanford University

Also searched as: Chick Shannon; Joe Shannon; Joey Shannon; Shannon, Joseph.

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Household 1
Neighbours 36
Same surname 19
Classmates 461
Same schools 19

In context

Joseph Shannon is number 387 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. In the scan, Joseph appears on page 121, in the last third of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). Joseph was not alone on Walden Street: 9 other graduates list it too. From 1915 to 1930, 37 people in 10 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School give Walden Street. Among first names, the class of 1926 favours Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19); the class of 1927 had Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Arthur B. Serino, Alice Marie Shambow, Charlotte Shapiro
Same street	Walden Street: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Kelley School: 15 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	Joseph: 8 other people in the class

At home, 358 Walden Street

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

Dorothy Catherine ShannonCambridge 1930

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

Thomas J Shannon (wife Catherine), police sta householderpage

The Shannon household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

A fine typist 1s Joseph Shannon, you know, And we hope he is likewise a beau

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Also came from Kelley School

Also headed for Leland-Stanford University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 121. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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