Cambridge High and Latin School

Sidney Frothingham Ball “Sid”

Sidney Frothingham Ball (“Sid”) is one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: came from Berkeley, California; headed for Harvard; lived at 25 Hammond Street.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 34 more named Ball

Full name: Sidney Frothingham Ball
Known as: Sid
Lived at: 25 Hammond Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Berkeley, California
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Sid Ball; Sidney Ball; Sidney F. Ball; Ball, Sidney.

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Household 1
Neighbours 25
Same surname 25
Classmates 461
Same schools 229

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Ball puts Sidney 9th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 25, right at the start of the stretch from page 23 to page 140 where this site found the book's portraits. “Harvard” is Sidney's plan after graduation; 197 of 388 classmates with a printed plan (51%) named a college or university. In the class of 1926 the most repeated surname was Sullivan (6); the class of 1925 repeated Murphy (7) most.

On the same scan page	Henry L. Barber, Elizabeth Butler Barbour, Ellen Agnes Barrett
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 25 Hammond Street

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

Donald G. BallCambridge 1930

The 1930 city directory lists Sidney Frothingham Ball with the occupation “student H U” (page).

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

Walter G Ball, memorial windows B householderpage

The Ball household is listed here in 1930 too.

What Sidney did at school

Kimball Union Academy, ’23-24
Year Book Staff, 1926
Literary Club, 1926

Also grew up on Hammond Street

The class of 1926

All 462 in this class →

Others named Ball

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

All 34 people named Ball →

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 25. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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