Arlington High School

Virginia Brooks “Pepper”

Virginia Brooks (“Pepper”) was one of 157 graduates in the class of 1928 at Arlington High School, Arlington, Massachusetts. Printed details: activities listed: Orchestra and Girls' Club; lived at 103 CLAREMONT AVENUE; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 18.

Class of 1928

157 in the class of 1928 · 105 more named Brooks

Full name: Virginia Brooks
Known as: Pepper
Lived at: 103 CLAREMONT AVENUE, Arlington, Massachusetts
School: Arlington High School
Graduated: Class of 1928

Also searched as: Pepper Brooks; Ginny Brooks; Brooks, Virginia.

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Clubs & teams 171
Neighbours 3
Same surname 77
Classmates 156

In context

Of the 157 entries from the Arlington High School class of 1928 read for this site, Virginia's is 19th alphabetically. Virginia is printed on page 18 of the scan, in the first third of the 14-to-54 run of portrait pages. Virginia is listed under “Glee Club”, along with 18 other seniors. In the class of 1928 the first names most often shared were Mary (6), Ruth (5) and William (5); the class of 1929 had Elizabeth (6), Helen (6) and Mary (6).

On the same scan page	Frank S. Breen, Emma Broekhuis, Pauline M. Burke
Same club	Orchestra: 16 other classmates
Same club	Girls' Club: 48 other classmates

At home, 103 CLAREMONT AVENUE

The 1933 city directory lists Virginia Brooks with the occupation “musician” (page).

The 1928 Arlington Directory lists these people named Brooks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Ernest R Brooks, (Grace R.) dentist (Som) lived herepage

The Brooks household is listed here in 1918, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1930 and 1933 too.

What Virginia did at school

Fellow members from Virginia's own class:

What the yearbook said

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Also grew up on Claremont Avenue

The class of 1928

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Source

Arlington High School yearbook, 1928, page 18. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item arlingtonhighsch1928arli).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Robbins Memorial Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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