Cambridge High and Latin School

Philip Henry Diehl “Phil, Dutch”

Philip Henry Diehl (“Phil, Dutch”) was one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from St. John’s School; headed for Boston University; lived at 60 Fairfield Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 48.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 5 more named Diehl

Full name: Philip Henry Diehl
Known as: Phil, Dutch
Lived at: 60 Fairfield Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: St. John’s School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Phil Diehl; Philip Diehl; Philip H. Diehl; Diehl, Philip.

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Household 2
Neighbours 12
Classmates 461
Same schools 323

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, Philip stands 102nd. Philip is printed on page 48 of the scan, in the first third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. The first name Philip appears 13 times in the 9 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1917 to 1930). Among the 388 people in the class who printed a plan, 197 (51%) named a college or university, as Philip did (“Boston University”). In the class of 1926, 55% of the plans we could classify (197 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Salvatore DeVellis, Pasquale Dente, Harriet Dickie
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 60 Fairfield Street

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

The 1928 city directory lists Philip Henry Diehl with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Anton B Diehl (wife Margaret), police sta householderpage
Bertha C Diehl lived herepage
George Diehl, operator lived herepage
Ralph G Diehl, auto mech lived herepage

The Diehl household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

He towers over the best of us, But he’s just as thick~as the rest of us

Also grew up on Fairfield Street

The class of 1926

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Philip Henry DiehlCambridge 1925

Also came from St. John’s School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 48. 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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