Cambridge High and Latin School

Maxwell Reginald Finstein “Mac, Reggy, Oby, Finny, Mex”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Maxwell Reginald Finstein (“Mac, Reggy, Oby, Finny, Mex”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Wellington School; headed for University of New Hampshire; lived at 220 Webster Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 56.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 6 more named Finstein

Full name: Maxwell Reginald Finstein
Known as: Mac, Reggy, Oby, Finny, Mex
Lived at: 220 Webster Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Wellington School
Headed for: University of New Hampshire

Also searched as: Maxwell Finstein; Maxwell R. Finstein; Finstein, Maxwell.

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Household 3
Group photos 4
Neighbours 31
Same surname 2
Classmates 461
Same schools 26

In context

Of the 462 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 read for this site, Maxwell's is 132nd alphabetically. The entry is on page 56 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 140. Counting Maxwell, 21 people in the class are listed as coming from Wellington School. The yearbook puts 6 people from the class on Webster Avenue, Maxwell among them. Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1926, and Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	Donald J. Finlayson, Richard N. Fisher, Edward N. D. Fitzgerald
Same street	Webster Avenue: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Wellington School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 220 Webster Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1927 city directory lists Maxwell Reginald Finstein with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Maxwell Finstein, student lived herepage
Pauline Finstein, student lived herepage

The Finstein household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

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What Maxwell did at school

Baseball, 1924
Football, 1924

What the yearbook said

Sav did they ever tell you Mex Was popular with the weaker sex?

Also grew up on Webster Avenue

The class of 1926

All 462 in this class →

Others named Finstein

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

Also came from Wellington School

Also headed for University of New Hampshire

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 56. 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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