Brookline High School

Rebecca Brodsky “Babs”

Rebecca Brodsky (“Babs”) is one of 273 graduates in the class of 1931 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1931 yearbook entry gives: Commercial course; headed for College of Hard Kracks; lived at 124 Columbia Street.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 8 more named Brodsky

Full name: Rebecca Brodsky
Known as: Babs
Lived at: 124 Columbia Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial.
Headed for: College of Hard Kracks

Also searched as: Babs Brodsky; Becky Brodsky; Brodsky, Rebecca.

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Neighbours 11
Same surname 6
Classmates 272

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 273 names from the Brookline High School class of 1931, Rebecca stands 24th. In the scan, Rebecca appears on page 40, right at the start of the run of 273 portraits read for this site (pages 34 to 110). College or university was the plan of 128 of the 231 classmates who printed one (55%), and Rebecca is listed with “College of Hard Kracks”. In the Brookline High School class of 1931, 25% of the 252 printed courses are Commercial (62 people), Rebecca included. This site lists 273 names for the class of 1931, against 251 for 1930.

On the same scan page	William Brosnahan, Natalie Broudy, Sylvia Broudy
Same kind of plan	college or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same course	Commercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%)

At home, 124 Columbia Street

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

Charles Brodsky (wife Rose), barrels B householderpage
Ida Brodsky, sec lived herepage
Pauline Brodsky lived herepage

The Brodsky household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What Rebecca did at school

Sagamore Staff '28
Basketball ’28, '29
Glee Club '28, ’29, '30.

What the yearbook said

Human nature is fond of novelty.

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1931

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Other people named Rebecca Brodsky in the archive

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Rebecca BrodskyMalden 1928

Others named Brodsky

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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