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Portrait of Lester Popkin, Brookline High School, class of 1931
As printed in the 1931 yearbook

Brookline High School

Lester Popkin “Poppy”

Lester Popkin (“Poppy”) appears in the 1931 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 121 Center Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 5 more named Popkin

Full name
Lester Popkin
Known as
Poppy
Lived at
121 Center Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School
Brookline High School
Graduated
Class of 1931
Course
College.
Headed for
Tufts College and Medical School

Also searched as: Poppy Popkin; Les Popkin; Popkin, Lester.

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Clarence Frederick Funk — Clubs & teamsClarence FunkCyril J. Blackwood — Clubs & teamsCyril BlackwoodHarry Levi Jr — Clubs & teamsHarry Levi JrMaurice Streletsky — Clubs & teamsMaurice StreletskyMiriam F. Helpern — Clubs & teamsMiriam HelpernSamson Lincoln Price — Clubs & teamsSamson PriceAlbert M. Hatch — NeighboursAlbert HatchNorman Popkin — Same surnameNorman PopkinArnold Lewis Popkin — Same surnameArnold PopkinHarold Barnett Popkin — Same surnameHarold PopkinRhoda Popkin — Same surnameRhoda PopkinKatherine Plakias — ClassmatesKatherine PlakiasJohn C. Prendergast — ClassmatesJohn PrendergastForrest Perry — ClassmatesForrest PerryAudrey Price — ClassmatesAudrey PriceHarry Paul — ClassmatesHarry Paul

In context

273 people from the Brookline High School class of 1931 appear on this site, and Popkin puts Lester 208th among them. Lester's portrait is on scan page 91, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 34 to 110. In the Brookline High School class of 1931, 7 entries mention “German Club”; Lester's is one of them. In the Brookline High School class of 1931, 34% of the 252 printed courses are College (86 people), Lester included. Among first names, the class of 1931 favours William (12) and John (11); the class of 1930 had Mary (11), John (8) and Gertrude (7).

On the same scan pageJohn C. Prendergast, Audrey Price, Samson Lincoln Price
Same clubGerman Club: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plancollege or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same courseCollege: 86 of 252 classmates with a course (34%)

At home, 121 Center Street

The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Popkin at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

  • Lena Popkin, widow of David householderpage

The Popkin household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 91. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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