Cambridge High and Latin School

Sarah Roberta Johnson “Sally”

Sarah Roberta Johnson (“Sally”) was one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Houghton Grammar School; headed for Business College; lived at 219 Putnam Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 79.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 459 more named Johnson

Full name: Sarah Roberta Johnson
Known as: Sally
Lived at: 219 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Business College

Also searched as: Sally Johnson; Sarah Johnson; Sarah R. Johnson; Johnson, Sarah.

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Neighbours 79
Same surname 340
Classmates 415
Same schools 83

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Sarah is the 207th of 416 names on this site. Sarah's portrait is on scan page 79, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 134. The yearbook puts 5 people from the class on Putnam Avenue, Sarah among them. Business or secretarial school was the plan of 66 of the 343 classmates who printed one (19%), and Sarah is listed with “Business College”. Plans for a college or university made up 58% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1928 (173 of 297), against 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Richard Whittier Jackson, Harriet Robina Johnson, Cornelia Frances Jordan
Same street	Putnam Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)

At home, 219 Putnam Avenue

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

Wm J Johnson (wife Nora) householderpage
Eugenia Johnson, nurse lived herepage

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

What Sarah did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25–26
Basketball, 1925–26
Baseball, 1924–25–26
Room Committee, 1925

What the yearbook said

With a girlish look, and a sweet little smile.

Also grew up on Putnam Avenue

The class of 1928

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Others named Johnson

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

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Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 79. 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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