Brookline High School

Robert Melvin Kaplan

Robert Melvin Kaplan, Brookline High School class of 1929 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: College. Junior Red Cross course; activities listed: German Club; lived at 82 Davis Avenue.

Class of 1929

249 in the class of 1929 · 46 more named Kaplan

Full name: Robert Melvin Kaplan
Lived at: 82 Davis Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: College. Junior Red Cross
Ambition: “To be a great athlete. Prep”
Pastime: “Drugstore quarterback”

Also searched as: Bob Kaplan; Robert Kaplan; Robert M. Kaplan; Bobby Kaplan.

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Clubs & teams 79
Neighbours 27
Same surname 45
Classmates 248

In context

Of the 249 names from the Brookline High School class of 1929 that have pages here, Robert is 113th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 60 shows Robert; the portraits we read from this book run from page 31 to page 96. 31 people named Robert turn up in 9 Brookline High School classes on this site, 1923 to 1931; 1929 has the most with 7. In the Brookline High School class of 1929, 25 entries mention “German Club”; Robert's is one of them. The class of 1929 has 249 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Paul Gordon Johnston, Gertrude F. Katz, Agnes Frances Keane
Same club	German Club: 24 other classmates
Same first name	Robert: 6 other people in the class

At home, 82 Davis Avenue

The 1931 city directory lists Robert Melvin Kaplan with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Kaplan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Joseph J Kaplan (wife Julia), plumber householderpage

The Kaplan household is listed here in 1931 too.

What Robert did at school

German Club 139

Fellow members from Robert's own class:

What the yearbook said

The wisdom oj many — the wit of one

Also grew up on Davis Avenue

The class of 1929

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Others named Kaplan

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 60. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).

Published 1929, 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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