Cambridge High and Latin School

Minnie Hurwitz “Laughing Water (Minnie Ha Ha)”

Minnie Hurwitz (“Laughing Water (Minnie Ha Ha)”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for A course in Art study; lived at 57 Allston Street.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 21 more named Hurwitz

Full name: Minnie Hurwitz
Known as: Laughing Water (Minnie Ha Ha)
Born: July 2, 1906
Lived at: 57 Allston Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: A course in Art study

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Household 2
Neighbours 34
Same surname 18
Classmates 365
Same schools 42

In context

This site lists 366 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924; sorted by surname, Minnie comes 173rd. Minnie is printed on page 67 of the scan, around the middle of the 29-to-122 run of portrait pages. Minnie did not arrive alone from Morse Grammar School: 12 other graduates name it too. Against 319 for 1923 and 424 for 1925, the class of 1924 comes to 366 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Clare Irvette Hutchins, Esther Isen, Abraham Isenstadt
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 12 other classmates

At home, 57 Allston Street

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

The 1925 city directory lists Minnie Hurwitz with the occupation “clerk” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Hurwitz at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Samuel Hurwitz (wife Elizabeth), machinist householderpage
Harry Hurwitz, salesman lived herepage
Minnie Hurwitz, clerk lived herepage

The Hurwitz household is listed here in 1919, 1921 and 1927 too.

What the yearbook said

35 Upland Road

Also grew up on Allston Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Hurwitz

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 67. 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.

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