Cambridge High and Latin School

Thomas Purdy Butcher “Butch Tom”

Thomas Purdy Butcher (“Butch Tom”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Fletcher School; headed for Boston University; lived at 229 Harvard Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 9 more named Butcher

Full name: Thomas Purdy Butcher
Known as: Butch Tom
Lived at: 229 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Fletcher School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Tom Butcher; Thomas Butcher; Thomas P. Butcher; Tommy Butcher.

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Neighbours 89
Same surname 5
Classmates 420
Same schools 275

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Thomas comes 46th. In the scan, Thomas appears on page 36, in the first third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1930, 49 people are named Thomas; the class of 1928 has the most, 8. Over 14 classes from 1917 to 1930, Harvard Street is the street of 87 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site. For Cambridge High and Latin School, the site holds 421 people from the class of 1929, against 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Frances Butcher, Ethel Ursula Buzzelle, Angelo Cabuzzi
Same street	Harvard Street: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Fletcher School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 229 Harvard Street

The 1930 city directory lists Thomas Purdy Butcher with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Butcher at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Carl P Butcher Jr. (wife Christine), foreman householderpage
Carl P Butcher lived herepage
Thomas P Butcher, student lived herepage

The Butcher household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Thomas did at school

Football Team, 1929

What the yearbook said

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, For Tom is coming around.

Also grew up on Harvard Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Butcher

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Also came from Fletcher School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 36. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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