Cambridge High and Latin School

Leah Wantman “Red”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Leah Wantman (“Red”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: came from Fletcher Grammar School; headed for P. G.—Radcliffe; lived at 88 Hampshire Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 128.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 7 more named Wantman

Full name: Leah Wantman
Known as: Red
Lived at: 88 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Fletcher Grammar School
Headed for: P. G.—Radcliffe

Also searched as: Red Wantman; Wantman, Leah.

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Household 2
Neighbours 30
Same surname 4
Classmates 415
Same schools 34

In context

416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 appear on this site, and Wantman puts Leah 394th among them. Turning the scan to page 128 shows Leah; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. Leah is one of 12 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 whose entry names Fletcher Grammar School as the school they came from. 32 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates, spread over 12 classes between 1915 and 1930, name Hampshire Street. The class of 1928 has 416 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Edward Jerome Walsh, Ellen Walsh, Thomas Joseph Walsh
Same street	Hampshire Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Fletcher Grammar School: 11 other classmates

At home, 88 Hampshire Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Wantman at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James Wantman (wife Bessie), pdr householderpage
Bernard Wantman, student H U lived herepage

The Wantman household is listed here in 1925 and 1927 too.

What Leah did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25

What the yearbook said

She will do well here, she will do well there, I can say no more if I preach a year.

Also grew up on Hampshire Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Wantman

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

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Also came from Fletcher Grammar School

Also headed for P. G.—Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 128. 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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