Cambridge High and Latin School

Lydia Phipps Sands

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lydia Phipps Sands. The yearbook entry prints: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 44 Avon Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 126.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 15 more named Sands

Full name: Lydia Phipps Sands
Lived at: 44 Avon Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

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Household 1
Neighbours 7
Same surname 11
Classmates 458
Same schools 102

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 from A to Z by surname, Lydia is the 382nd of 459 names on this site. Lydia's portrait is on scan page 126, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 145. Lydia's “Radcliffe” falls in the same group as 191 of the 393 plans printed for the class (49%): a college or university. 28 other classmates came from Peabody Grammar School, the school Lydia is listed as coming from. The most common first names in the class of 1927 were Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14); in the class of 1928 they were Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Marion Hope Saint, Sarah Victoria Samourian
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 44 Avon Street

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

Walter Edgar SandsCambridge 1918

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

Frank E Sands (wife Lydia R), president B householderpage
Dorothy Sands, teacher Camb sch lived herepage
Mary Sands, sec Fogg Museum lived herepage
Walter E Sands, student lived herepage

The Sands household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Avon Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Sands

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 126. 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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