Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Lydon “Babe”

Mary Lydon (“Babe”) is one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: came from St. Mary’s School; headed for Burdett College; lived at 144 Columbia Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 4 more named Lydon

Full name: Mary Lydon
Known as: Babe
Lived at: 144 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Burdett College

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Neighbours 65
Same surname 3
Classmates 420
Same schools 79

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, Mary is 228th in surname order. Find Mary on page 82 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 are spread over pages 25 to 132. Among first names in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Mary comes 1st in frequency (28 people). Mary's “Burdett College” falls in the same group as 70 of the 364 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. The class of 1929 has 421 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Ingeborg Christina Lofgren, Marion Lovett, Pauline Luzackas
Same street	Columbia Street: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Mary: 27 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What the yearbook said

She is charming and sweet, A pleasure to meet,

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Lydon

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

Also came from St. Mary’s School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 82. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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