Cambridge High and Latin School

Thomas J. Rafferty “Tom”

Thomas J. Rafferty (“Tom”) was one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard College; activities listed: Track and Year Book; lived at 94 Foster Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 111.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 7 more named Rafferty

Full name: Thomas J. Rafferty
Known as: Tom
Lived at: 94 Foster Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Tom Rafferty; Thomas Rafferty; Tommy Rafferty; Rafferty, Thomas.

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Group photos 5
Neighbours 8
Same surname 6
Classmates 415
Same schools 56

In context

Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, Thomas's is 327th alphabetically. In the scan, Thomas appears on page 111, in the last third of the run of 416 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 134). From 1915 to 1930, 49 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Thomas, spread over 15 classes and peaking at 8 in 1928. Thomas did not arrive alone from Houghton Grammar School: 12 other classmates name it too. Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1928, and Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15) in the class of 1929.

On the same scan page	Mary Hughena Pringle, William Joseph Reagan, Ivernia Grace Reed
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	Thomas: 7 other people in the class

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

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What Thomas did at school

Track
Year Book
Debating
Drama

What the yearbook said

Quite a quiet fellow.

Also grew up on Foster Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Rafferty

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Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 111. 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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