Cambridge High and Latin School

Laura Bruce Robinson “Bunny”

Class of 1930, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Laura Bruce Robinson (“Bunny”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Framingham Normal School; activities listed: Class Notes Reporter; lived at 885 Massachusetts Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 97.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 163 more named Robinson

Full name: Laura Bruce Robinson
Known as: Bunny
Lived at: 885 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Framingham Normal School

Also searched as: Bunny Robinson; Laura Robinson; Laura B. Robinson; Robinson, Laura.

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Household 1
Neighbours 124
Same surname 129
Classmates 482
Same schools 60

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930, Laura stands 381st. In the scan, Laura appears on page 97, in the last third of the run of 483 portraits read for this site (pages 21 to 118). Among the 430 people in the class who printed a plan, 33 (8%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Laura did (“Framingham Normal School”). Massachusetts Avenue is the street of 11 other graduates of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 besides Laura. The class of 1930: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Evelyn Mary Roach, Bernice Robbins, Evelyn Christine Robinson, Fred Francis Rogers
Same street	Massachusetts Avenue: 11 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 33 of 430 classmates with a plan (8%)

At home, 885 Massachusetts Avenue

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

Janice Beckwith RobinsonCambridge 1926

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

Esther C Robinson, widow of Walter householderpage
Janice B Robinson, student householderpage
Dorothy C Robinson, student lived herepage

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

What Laura did at school

G. A. A., 1926-27
Class Notes Reporter

What the yearbook said

BUNNY” “The acquaintance of a girl like ‘Bunny’ Would make the darkest day seem sunny

The acquaintance of a girl like 'Bunny' Would make the darkest day seem sunny.

Also grew up on Massachusetts Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Robinson

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

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Framingham Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 97. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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