Brookline High School
Zelda Bronstein “Otherwise Jenny”
Zelda Bronstein (“Otherwise Jenny”) appears in the 1925 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 96 Rawson Road. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.
Class of 1925
179 in the class of 1925 · 6 more named Bronstein
- Full name
- Zelda Bronstein
- Known as
- Otherwise Jenny
- Lived at
- 96 Rawson Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1925
- Headed for
- New England Conservatory of Music
- Ambition
- “To outrival Galli-Curci”
- Pastime
- “Buying old books”
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In context
Of the 179 names from the Brookline High School class of 1925 that have pages here, Zelda is 17th in surname order. In the scan, Zelda appears on page 31, right at the start of the run of 179 portraits read for this site (pages 26 to 84). In the class of 1925, 71% of the plans we could classify (37 of 52) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 73% in 1924 and 68% in 1926. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1925 has 179 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 118 for 1924 and 171 for 1926.
| On the same scan page | Willis Tucker Bradley, Thomas J. Burke |
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At home, 96 Rawson Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Bronstein at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Max S Bronstein, wool B householderpage
The Bronstein household is listed here in 1928 too.
What the yearbook said
Thoiufhts are often best betrayed through silence
Also grew up on Rawson Road
The class of 1925
Willis Tucker BradleyBrookline 1925
Thomas J. BurkeBrookline 1925
George L. BradleyBrookline 1925
Robert Maxwell BurleyBrookline 1925
Audrey Virginia BoothBrookline 1925
Anne CarsonBrookline 1925
Others named Bronstein
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Also headed for New England Conservatory of Music
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1925, page 31.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1925broo).
Published 1925, 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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