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Portrait of Ruth Leone Thompson, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1927
As printed in the 1927 yearbook

Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Leone Thompson

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ruth Leone Thompson. The yearbook entry prints: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Business College; lived at 41 Granite Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 136.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 185 more named Thompson

Full name
Ruth Leone Thompson
Lived at
41 Granite Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School
Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated
Class of 1927
Came from
Morse Grammar School
Headed for
Business College

Also searched as: Ruth Thompson; Ruth L. Thompson; Thompson, Ruth.

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Madeline Mae Trow — Group photosMadeline TrowElizabeth Wight Creelman — Group photosElizabeth CreelmanMargaret Julia Mahoney — Group photosMargaret MahoneyCresance Aurelia Desmarais — Group photosCresance DesmaraisGrace Catherine Mahoney — Group photosGrace MahoneyWallace I. Penniman — NeighboursWallace PennimanKingsley W. Hooker — NeighboursKingsley HookerGeorge William Forbes — NeighboursGeorge ForbesHector J. MacKenzie — NeighboursHector MacKenzieArthur Louis Penniman — NeighboursArthur PennimanAlthea Thompson — Same surnameAlthea ThompsonCharles Avery Thompson — Same surnameCharles ThompsonElmer J. Thompson — Same surnameElmer ThompsonFlorence Gertrude Thompson — Same surnameFlorence ThompsonMadelyn Mae Thompson — ClassmatesMadelyn ThompsonJohn Joseph Tierney — ClassmatesJohn TierneyJames Joseph Thompson — ClassmatesJames ThompsonFlora Ellen Tilton — ClassmatesFlora TiltonMary Agnes Thomas — ClassmatesMary ThomasDoris Mildred Tolman — ClassmatesDoris TolmanElizabeth Butler Barbour — Same schoolsElizabeth BarbourHazel Frances Brockbank — Same schoolsHazel BrockbankJohn Alfred Burch — Same schoolsJohn Burch

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Thompson puts Ruth 422nd among them. Turning the scan to page 136 shows Ruth; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. From 1914 to 1930, 94 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Ruth, spread over 15 classes and peaking at 14 in 1927. The yearbook lists 25 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 as coming from Morse Grammar School, including Ruth. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1927 has 459 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan pageMary Agnes Thomas, James Joseph Thompson, Madelyn Mae Thompson
Same earlier schoolMorse Grammar School: 24 other classmates
Same kind of planbusiness or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
Same first nameRuth: 13 other people in the class
The book's own titleGolden Treasury

At home, 41 Granite Street

The 1927 city directory lists Ruth Leone Thompson with the occupation “student” (page).

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

  • Jennie E Thompson, Mrs research householderpage
  • Leon A Thompson (wife Jennie E), assistant prof B householderpage
  • Arthur A Thompson, student lived herepage
  • Ruth L Thompson, student lived herepage

The Thompson household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

In the same photographs:

What Ruth did at school

  • G. A. A., 1923–24–25
  • Home Economics Club, 1925–26–27

What the yearbook said

Apparently so quiet and calm, You’d never realize That a mischievous self Deep within her lies.

Also grew up on Granite Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Thompson

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

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Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 136. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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