Boston Latin School

Peter Fishman “Fishy”

Peter Fishman (“Fishy”), Boston Latin School class of 1926 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Harvard; a motto.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 20 more named Fishman

Full name: Peter Fishman
Known as: Fishy
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “Teacher.”

Also searched as: Fishy Fishman; Pete Fishman; Fishman, Peter.

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Same surname 19
Classmates 103
Same schools 229

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 104 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1926, Peter stands 34th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 27, in the first third of the stretch from page 18 to page 45 where this site found the book's portraits. Peter's “Harvard” falls in the same group as 88 of the 92 plans printed for the class (96%): a college or university. The first name Peter appears 12 times in the 6 Boston Latin School classes read for this site (1926 to 1945). In the class of 1926 the first names most often shared were John (11), Joseph (6) and James (5); the class of 1927 had Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7).

On the same scan page	Joseph Finer, John Richard Fitzpatrick, John M. Gaffney
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)

What Peter did at school

1st Lieutenant 8th Co., 4th Regiment 1926
Classical Prize, 1923
Class of 1885 Prize, 1923

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The class of 1926

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Others named Fishman

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 27. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_4).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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