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High School Graduation Portraits and Class Photos at Jenks Library


The Society has a large collection of high school photographs.  Early group photographs have no photographer information, though individual portraits were taken by different photographers.  In the 1930s and 1940s, most of the high school photographs in the collection at Jenks Library were taken by Purdy's studio in Boston.   For some classes, the library has a group photograph collage with students' names.  In other cases, the library holds individual portraits, most labeled.

This list is under construction.  If you have corrections to the names, can help us identify individuals, or have other photos to add to the collection, please contact us.

Picture
Class of 1886, Collage of individual portraits identified as Acton High School Class of 1886
  • Bassett, Minnie G.
  • Clark, Emery W.
  • Fletcher, M. Florence
  • Hall, Eugene L.
  • Pratt, Martha C.
  • Shapley, Carrie L.
  • Williams, H. H. (Principal, not student)

Class of 1887, Individual portraits by various photographers, undated but identified as Acton High School Class of 1887
  • Dupee, Bertha (married name White)
  • Hanson, Carrie F. (married name Moore; graduation program doesn't list her name, but picture states she was part of the class)
  • Hosmer, Bertha
  • Preston, Albertie (married name Mead)
  • Sawyer, Sadie
  • Tuttle, Hattie (married name Bradish)
  • Wetherbee, Ernest

Acton High School Students 1893-1894, Group Photo with most students identified. [PH 77.4.3 C]
  • Banks, Annie
  • Banks, Nellie
  • Bradley, Mabel
  • Bradley, Mary
  • Bryant, Ina
  • Chadwick (?), Alberta
  • Charles, Mr. (teacher)
  • Clough, Harry
  • Cullinane, Annie
  • Cutler, Adelbert
  • Davis, Hattie
  • Edwards, Mary
  • Fletcher, Miss (teacher)
  • Gilmore, Billy
  • Guilford, George
  • Hannon, John
  • Hapgood, Frank
  • Hoit, Eddie
  • Holbrook, George
  • Hosmer, Ethel
  • Jones, Howard
  • Jones, Jessie
  • Knowlton, Amasa
  • Knowlton, Roscoe
  • Littlefield, Carrie
  • Littlefield, Guy
  • Littlefield, Sheldon
  • Losaw, Alex
  • Maynes, Robert
  • Miller, Alice
  • Miller, Ella
  • Miller, Sam
  • Newton, Bertha
  • Quinlan (?), Jimmy
  • Parker, Mabel
  • Perkins, Levi
  • Pickens, Carl
  • Priest, Emma
  • Sanderson, Virginia
  • Sawyer, Eva
  • Scanlon, Nellie
  • Stowell, Jennie
  • Taylor, Carrie
  • Taylor, Monie
  • Taylor, Wilmot
  • Teele, Alice
  • Varney, Blanche
  • Wayne, Ethel
  • Whitcomb, Belle
  • Willard, Alice
  • Willis, Albert
  • Wood, Sadie

Class of 1913, Individual portraits, Concord High School (Acton did not have its own high school at that time)
  • Caldwell, Margaret A.
  • Goodearl, Arthur William
  • Warden, Florence (possibly Mabel Florence)
  • Poland, Robert R.

Class of 1917: Possibly from Acton.  In our unidentified photos collection - needs confirmation

Class of 1928, Group portrait [PH 98_77B]
  • Balche, Esther
  • Bernier, Alice
  • Butler, Mary
  • Byron, Charles
  • Davis, Alfred Jr.
  • Evans, Herbert
  • Gorton, Stuart?
  • Heath, Eleanor?
  • Howe, Elizabeth
  • King, Ethelyn
  • King, Evelyn
  • Massie, Ethel
  • Mayell, Alice
  • Murray, Miss?
  • O'Neil, Walter
  • Perkins, Raymond
  • Pratt, ?
  • Risgin, John
  • Servais, Olga
  • Thatcher, Dorothy
  • Toohey, William
  • Tracy, Pauline
  • Tucker, Albert?
  • Wamboldt, Mabel (married name McAllaster)
  • Yetman, Thomas

Class of 1931, Individual portrait:
  • Mekkelsen, Margaret [PH 2015_43]

Class of 1932, Individual portrait:
  • Morison, Eleanor [PH 2015_43]

Class of 1933, Individual portrait:
  • ?, Agnes [PH 2015_43]


Class of 1934, Individual portraits:

  • Crosby, Carol
  • Dunn, Harvey
  • Hagen, Evelyn
  • Hager, John
  • Fallon, Mary
  • Jensen, Hannah
  • Jones, Laura
  • Laird, Charlotte
  • Milbery, Virginia
  • Oelschlegel, Elizabeth
  • Sims, Wallace
  • Tuttle, Carolyn

Class of 1935, Individual portraits:

  • Gates, Esther
  • _____, Polly

Class Unknown - Individual portraits donated with others from the mid-1930s
  • _____, Lucy
  • _____, Unknown male & unknown female

Class of 1940, Acton High School
  • Reunion Photo taken 1957, individuals not labeled

Class of 1941, Acton High School
  • Collage photo of the senior class, individuals labeled [PH 2014_21]
  • Reunion Photo taken 1957, individuals not labeled

Class of 1943, Acton High School
  • Collage photo of the senior class, individuals labeled
  • 1940 picture of grades 9-10, most individually identified

Jenks Library also has yearbooks and graduation programs from some of the high school classes.  Please visit to browse the collection or contact us for specific information.

List under construction. 

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