Brookline High School

R. Emmett Lewis “Mike, Zebra”

R. Emmett Lewis (“Mike, Zebra”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 120 Brook Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

251 in the class of 1930 · 128 more named Lewis

Full name: R. Emmett Lewis
Known as: Mike, Zebra
Lived at: 120 Brook Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Course: General
Ambition: “Lawyer”
Pastime: “Printing”

Also searched as: Emmett Lewis; Lewis, Emmett.

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Neighbours 32
Same surname 93
Classmates 250

In context

Of the 251 names from the Brookline High School class of 1930 that have pages here, Emmett is 127th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 68 shows Emmett; the portraits we read from this book run from page 35 to page 103. 61 of the 237 classmates who printed a course (26%) took General, as Emmett did. Against 249 for 1929 and 273 for 1931, the class of 1930 comes to 251 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Miriam Levison, Sylvia Joanne Lewenberg, Martha Lewis
Same course	General: 61 of 237 classmates with a course (26%)

At home, 120 Brook Street

The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Lewis at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Adolph Lewis (wife Margaret M), laborer householderpage
Arthur J Lewis lived herepage
Emmet R Lewis, printer lived herepage

The Lewis household is listed here in 1920, 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

And he was a jolly little fellow-always cheerful, always gay

Also grew up on Brook Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Lewis

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1930, page 68. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1930broo).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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