Cambridge High and Latin School

Mabel White “Babes, Bob-White”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mabel White (“Babes, Bob-White”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Burdett College; lived at 65 Bristol Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 137.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 229 more named White

Full name: Mabel White
Known as: Babes, Bob-White
Lived at: 65 Bristol Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Burdett College

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Group photos 8
Neighbours 9
Same surname 184
Classmates 461
Same schools 78

In context

Mabel White is number 447 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Mabel is printed on page 137 of the scan, near the end of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. Across 9 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1929, 14 people are named Mabel. People named White appear in 12 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site between 1914 and 1930, 23 in all. First names that recur in the class of 1926: Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19). In the class of 1925: Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	John F. White, Thelma White, Mahala Whitman
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 53 of 388 classmates with a plan (14%)

At home, 65 Bristol Street

The 1927 city directory lists Mabel White with the occupation “sec” (page).

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

Mabel N White, sec lived herepage

The White household is listed here in 1925 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Mabel's senior portrait.

Home Economics1926

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What Mabel did at school

Home Economic Club, 1926
Literary Club, 1926
Senior Drama, 1926
G. A. A., 1923-24
Year Book Staff, 1926

What the yearbook said

Yes, Mabel White 1s awfully smart; And what is more, she’s got a heart

Also grew up on Bristol Street

The class of 1926

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Others named White

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

All 229 people named White →

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 137. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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