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Somerville High School · Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville High School Class of 1929

470 graduates of Somerville, Massachusetts. Every name and face was read out of the scanned yearbook pages themselves.

Rights: Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

  • 470graduates
  • 353listed activities

The 1929 yearbook of Somerville High School in Somerville lists 470 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.

405 different surnames appear. The most common were Sullivan (5), Robinson (4), Baratta (3), Barber (3) and Greene (3), and 50 surnames were shared by two or more classmates.

The most common first names were Mary (24), John (20), Dorothy (13), George (12) and James (11).

461 graduates printed a course of study. The largest were General (192), Commercial (110), College (91) and Scientific (35).

435 graduates had a home address printed. The streets most of them lived on were Broadway (11), Hudson Street (9), Summer Street (9) and Central Street (8).

353 graduates listed clubs, teams or other activities. The largest were Glee Club (76), Traffic Squad (46), Bank Worker (40) and National Honor Society (40).

334 graduates have a nickname printed beside their name, such as “Pete”, “Toots”, “Trudy” and “Addie”.

Most common surnames

Most common first names

  • Mary24
  • John20
  • Dorothy13
  • George12
  • James11
  • Ruth11

Courses of study

  • General192
  • Commercial110
  • College91
  • Scientific35
  • Normal33

Where they lived

  • Broadway11
  • Hudson Street9
  • Summer Street9
  • Central Street8
  • Powder House Boulevard8
  • Rogers Avenue8
  • Medford Street6
  • School Street6

Streets as printed in the yearbook.

Clubs, teams and activities

In their own words

Nicknames in the yearbook

All 470 graduates

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