Cambridge High and Latin School

Nathan N. Cohen “Nate”

Nathan N. Cohen (“Nate”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 33 Bowdoin Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 48.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 186 more named Cohen

Full name: Nathan N. Cohen
Known as: Nate
Born: April 2, 1906
Lived at: 33 Bowdoin Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Nate Cohen; Nathan Cohen; Cohen, Nathan.

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Household 1
Group photos 9
Neighbours 5
Same surname 180
Classmates 318
Same schools 138

In context

Nathan N. Cohen is number 36 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Nathan's portrait is on scan page 48, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. Across 9 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School from 1917 to 1930, this site lists 17 people with the surname Cohen. Nathan's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 119 of the 253 classmates who named a plan (47%) named the same kind. A college or university was the plan of 119 of 217 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1923 (55%), compared with 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Margaret F. Clancy, Eva K. Cohen, Daniel J. Coleman
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 33 Bowdoin Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Bessie CohenCambridge 1917

The 1921 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Cohen at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Archie M Cohen, student lived herepage
Molly Cohen, clerk lived herepage

The Cohen household is listed here in 1917, 1919 and 1920 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Group Photograph1923

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What Nathan did at school

Football, 1922
Captain of Tennis, 1923

What the yearbook said

A PLEASANT, AMIABLE, BRIGHT YOUNG MAN, CAN

A pleasant, amiable, bright young man, who never says ‘can’t,’ but always ‘I can’.

Also grew up on Bowdoin Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Cohen

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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