Cambridge High and Latin School

Pauline Finstein “Polly Pat”

Pauline Finstein (“Polly Pat”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Boston University—Practical Arts & Letters; lived at 220 Webster Avenue.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 6 more named Finstein

Full name: Pauline Finstein
Known as: Polly Pat
Lived at: 220 Webster Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University—Practical Arts & Letters

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Household 3
Neighbours 31
Same surname 2
Classmates 458
Same schools 34

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Pauline stands 140th. Pauline is printed on page 65 of the scan, in the first third of the 29-to-145 run of portrait pages. The first name Pauline runs through 8 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1918 to 1930), 15 people in all. Counting Pauline, 21 people in the class are listed as coming from Wellington Grammar School. Count the first names and the class of 1927 gives Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14), where the class of 1928 gives Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Simeon Joseph Finstein, Ruth Fishman, Samuel Fishman
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 20 other classmates
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 220 Webster Avenue

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

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.

What Pauline did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25
Room Committee, 1926

What the yearbook said

To know her was to love her.

Also grew up on Webster Avenue

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Others named Finstein

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

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 65. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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