Cambridge High and Latin School

Lillian Minkin “Lilly Lil”

Lillian Minkin (“Lilly Lil”) is one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Typist for Year Book; lived at 37a Fairmont Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 6 more named Minkin

Full name: Lillian Minkin
Known as: Lilly Lil
Lived at: 37a Fairmont Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

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Neighbours 10
Same surname 5
Classmates 458
Same schools 286

In context

Of the 459 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Lillian's is 304th alphabetically. The entry is on page 106 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 145. Lillian is one of 8 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 whose entry names Houghton Grammar School as the school they came from. Of 393 classmates who gave a plan, 191 (49%) point to a college or university; Lillian's entry says “Boston University”. The class of 1927 has 459 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Ruth Melnick, Myer S. Miller, William Mitchell
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	Lillian: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

What Lillian did at school

G. A. A., 1923–24
Typist for Year Book

What the yearbook said

Let the toast pass Drink to the lass I’ll warrant she’ll prove an excuse for the glass.

Also grew up on Fairmont Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Minkin

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

Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 106. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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