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Portrait of Mary Costa, Somerville High School, class of 1931
As printed in the 1931 yearbook

Somerville High School

Mary Costa “Lightnin'”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Mary Costa (“Lightnin'”) among 563 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: Commercial Course; activities listed: Basketball and Radiator Representative; lived at 38 Boston Street. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 39.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 24 more named Costa

Full name
Mary Costa
Known as
Lightnin'
Lived at
38 Boston Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School
Somerville High School
Graduated
Class of 1931
Course
Commercial Course

Also searched as: Lightnin Costa; Polly Costa; Molly Costa; Costa, Mary.

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Susannah Sonnenberg — Clubs & teamsSusannah SonnenbergDorothy Burns — Clubs & teamsDorothy BurnsClaire Halleran — Clubs & teamsClaire HalleranAlice Nahigian — Clubs & teamsAlice NahigianAnthony Dente — Clubs & teamsAnthony DenteBetty Chisholm — Clubs & teamsBetty ChisholmEleanor Dicecca — NeighboursEleanor DiceccaLeo Graham — NeighboursLeo GrahamEdward F. Backus — NeighboursEdward BackusEdwin J. Kelly — NeighboursEdwin KellyCharles Dicecca — NeighboursCharles DiceccaEugene Costa — Same surnameEugene CostaEleanor L. Costa — Same surnameEleanor CostaElvira Jean Costa — Same surnameElvira CostaEstella Costa — Same surnameEstella CostaEdward Corbett — ClassmatesEdward CorbettJames Cotter — ClassmatesJames CotterDorothy Cook — ClassmatesDorothy CookJohn Cotter — ClassmatesJohn CotterConstance Cook — ClassmatesConstance CookWilliam Coughlin — ClassmatesWilliam Coughlin

In context

Going through the Somerville High School class of 1931 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 83rd of 563 names on this site. Mary's portrait is on scan page 39, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 102. From 1917 to 1931, 150 Somerville High School graduates on this site share the first name Mary, spread over 12 classes and peaking at 24 in 1929. Mary is one of 141 listed under Commercial Course among the 535 classmates whose course is printed (26%). In the class of 1931 the first names most often shared were John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16); the class of 1930 had John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).

On the same scan pageEdward Corbett, James Cotter, John Cotter, William Coughlin and 3 more
Same clubBasketball: 54 other classmates
Same clubRadiator Representative: 34 other classmates
Same courseCommercial Course: 141 of 535 classmates with a course (26%)
Same first nameMary: 11 other people in the class

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What the yearbook said

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

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

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