Cambridge High and Latin School

Russell Brewer Anderson “Russ”

Russell Brewer Anderson (“Russ”) was one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Year Book Staff; lived at 12 Chatham Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 29.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 267 more named Anderson

Full name: Russell Brewer Anderson
Known as: Russ
Lived at: 12 Chatham Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Russ Anderson; Russell Anderson; Russell B. Anderson; Anderson, Russell.

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Household 1
Group photos 5
Neighbours 9
Same surname 200
Classmates 415
Same schools 277

In context

Of the 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, Russell is 12th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 29 shows Russell; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. College or university was the plan of 173 of the 343 classmates who printed one (50%), and Russell is listed with “Harvard”. 17 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site are named Anderson, spread over 11 classes from 1917 to 1929. Among first names, the class of 1928 favours Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16); the class of 1927 had Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Virginia Marie Ambush, Nathan Norton Andelman, Francis Vincent Anderson
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 12 Chatham Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Leroy AndersonCambridge 1925

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

Brewer A Anderson (wife Anna M), clerk P householderpage

The Anderson household is listed here in 1918, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Russell's senior portrait.

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In the same photographs:

What Russell did at school

Glee Club, 1925–26, Chairman, 1925–26
Year Book Staff
Track, 1926

What the yearbook said

Oh, it isn’t the marks nor the honor rolls Nor the things that he can say; It’s the way he’s made us like him, That’s bound to count each day.

Also grew up on Chatham Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Anderson

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

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 29. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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