Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Josephine Harrison “Jo, Joey”

Mary Josephine Harrison (“Jo, Joey”) was one of 366 graduates in the class of 1924 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Simmons College; lived at 11 Humboldt Street. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 64.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 42 more named Harrison

Full name: Mary Josephine Harrison
Known as: Jo, Joey
Born: October 10, 1907
Lived at: 11 Humboldt Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Simmons College

Also searched as: Polly Harrison; Mary Harrison; Mary J. Harrison; Molly Harrison.

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

Is Mary part of your family? Tell us — we will send you the full-resolution scan.

Neighbours 5
Same surname 24
Classmates 365
Same schools 85

In context

Of the 366 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 that have pages here, Mary is 162nd in surname order. In the scan, Mary appears on page 64, around the middle of the run of 366 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 122). Mary did not arrive alone from Peabody Grammar School: 24 other graduates name it too. Among the 296 people in the class who printed a plan, 123 (42%) named a college or university, as Mary did (“Simmons College”). Names on this site: 366 for the class of 1924, compared with 319 for 1923 and 424 for 1925.

On the same scan page	Georgia May Harris, Alvin Hart, Rosemary Harding Hatfield
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 24 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)
Same first name	Mary: 26 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

NOE “Joey

Also grew up on Humboldt Street

The class of 1924

All 366 in this class →

Others named Harrison

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

All 42 people named Harrison →

Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Simmons College

Look for Mary Josephine Harrison in other records

FamilySearch census, birth, marriage and death records (free account)
Internet Archive other yearbooks, city directories and town reports that mention the name
Chronicling America digitized newspapers at the Library of Congress

Do you know Mary?

If Mary is part of your family we would like to hear from you, and we will gladly send the full-resolution scan of this page.

Get in touch

Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 64. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

How this page was made: the name, portrait and printed details were read from the scan by software and checked against the page; a few in every hundred details are still wrong. How it works · Report an error · Standards