Cambridge High and Latin School · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge High and Latin School Class of 1927

This page lists the 459 graduates of Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, in the class of 1927, named in the Golden Treasury (1927). Every name and face was read out of the scanned yearbook pages themselves.

Rights: Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

459graduates
275listed activities
69in group photos
334homes in the city directory

Poster of this classEvery portrait and name on one printable sheet.

About this yearbook

Title: GOLDEN TREASURY
Scanned by: Cambridge Public Library, via the Internet Archive
Inside: Dedication, Class Honors, Faculty, Class Officers, Class Of 1927, Class Song, Class Poem

Staff. Virginia Carleton (Title Page Designed by).

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The 1927 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge lists 459 graduates, and every one of them has a portrait on this site. They are listed alphabetically below, each linked to a page of their own.

383 different surnames appear. The most common were Sullivan (7), Burns (4), Mahoney (4), Murphy (4) and Banks (3), and 55 surnames were shared by two or more classmates.

The most common first names were Mary (26), John (22), Ruth (14), Joseph (11) and Dorothy (10).

457 graduates had a home address printed. The streets most of them lived on were Harvard Street (15), Putnam Avenue (10), Columbia Street (9) and Concord Avenue (9).

454 graduates named the school they came from. The most often named were Webster Grammar School (49), Harvard Grammar School (39), Peabody Grammar School (29) and Ellis Grammar School (25).

393 graduates said what they planned to do after graduation. The most often named were Boston University (41), Business College (23), Harvard (20) and Stenographer (20).

290 graduates have a nickname printed beside their name, such as “Belle”, “Bert”, “Libby” and “Lennie”.

Most common surnames

Most common first names

Mary26
John22
Ruth14
Joseph11
Dorothy10
Elizabeth10

Where they lived

Harvard Street15
Putnam Avenue10
Columbia Street9
Concord Avenue9
Massachusetts Avenue9
Pearl Street9
Elm Street8
Cambridge Street7

Streets as printed in the yearbook.

Schools they came from

Webster Grammar School49
Harvard Grammar School39
Peabody Grammar School29
Ellis Grammar School25
Morse Grammar School25
Agassiz Grammar School24

What they planned next

Boston University41
Business College23
Harvard20
Stenographer20
Boston College17
Radcliffe16

In their own words

Her motto is “Enjoy yourself
Lillian Ina Hershon
My lady's hair the fond winds stir And all the birds make songs for her.
Mabel Elizabeth Friberg
She was more fair than words can say
Lillian Bee

Nicknames in the yearbook

Local businesses that advertised

R. P. CARSON
A. F. & F. B. SWEENEY
JAMES W. HUNNEWELL2074 MASS. AVE., CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
CREIGHTON OUTFITTERS
WM. F. DUCHARME
READ & WHITE
ROBERT FAWCETT & SON CO., Inc.Cor. PORTLAND and THORNDIKE STREETS
Byron E. Bailey Co.
JOHN H. DERBY
W. H. MCLEAN
The Charles River Market150 MT. AUBURN ST., CAMBRIDGE
MAGAZINE TAILORING
PANZERI’S VEGETABLE MARKET81 CUSHING ST., CAMBRIDGE
ORIENTAL TEA CO.29 BRATTLE ST., BOSTON, MASS.
ANTHONY HENSLER
FOREST SPA1765 MASS. AVE., CAMBRIDGE
DUQUETTE’S MARKET373 HURON AVENUE
JOHN D. LYNCH DRUG COMPANY2400 MASS. AVE., CAMBRIDGE
GARFIELD’S LUNCHEONETTE1428 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., Harvard Square
NORTH CAMBRIDGE QUICK LUNCH
Cambridge Furniture Co.438 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE
PHOENIX COFFEE MILLS62-64 CORNHILL, BOSTON
CAMBRIDGE RECORDER
CHANDLER’S CAMPHOLINE
JOHNSON’S ICE CREAM1101 MASS. AVE., CAMBRIDGE
BOSTON MARKET
SHA — CO.
J. E. PURDY & CO.

As printed in the advertising pages of the yearbook.

All 459 graduates

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