The Los Angeles High School began in 1873. It was
the only public high school south of the Tehachapi Mountains for thirty-five
years. The commercial department branched out to form what became known
as Polytechnic High School.
The High School drew students from all over
Southern California and Arizona. There were seven students in the first
graduating class.
The Los Angeles High School Alumni Association, 4650
West Olympic Blvd., maintains a file of all who have graduated for more
than a century since those first seven. Listed below are the graduates
for the first ten years. Home towns, married names, and later achievements
are given when known.
| 1875 |
Ida |
Addis |
From Santa Barbara - Mrs. Storke |
| 1875 |
Addie |
Gates |
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| 1875 |
Lilli |
Milliken |
Mrs. Charles Coulter |
| 1875 |
Henry |
Leck |
Henry Vander Leck |
| 1875 |
Henry |
O'Melveny |
O'Melveny law firm |
| 1875 |
Mary |
Thomas |
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| 1875 |
Jessie |
Peel |
Mrs. Church |
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| 1876 |
Mary |
Chauvin |
Mrs. Sanford |
| 1876 |
Olive |
Gibson |
Nephew was Hugh Gibson |
| 1876 |
Eva |
Myers |
Mrs. Eshelman |
| 1876 |
Helen |
White |
Mrs. Tom Castile & Mrs. R. F. DeValle Rev. |
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| 1877 |
Ella |
Adams |
Mrs. William Sippy |
| 1877 |
Birdie |
Austin |
Mrs. West & Mrs. Hamilton |
| 1877 |
Fannie |
Benjamin |
Mrs. D. A. Bucher |
| 1877 |
Fannie |
Bernstein |
Daughter Joseph Bernstein - Mrs. Herman Flateau |
| 1877 |
Kate |
Caystile |
From San Fernando - Mrs. George Porter & Mrs. F. L. Boruff |
| 1877 |
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Flatan |
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| 1877 |
Edward |
Rimpau |
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| 1877 |
Frank |
Rimpau |
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| 1877 |
Emma |
Whisler |
From Covina - Mrs. Gilson & Mrs. Egbert Judson Benedict |
| 1877 |
Nannie |
White |
From Arizona - Mrs. Charles Northcraft |
| 1877 |
Charles Nelson |
Williams |
From Glendale |
| 1877 |
George W. |
Williamson |
From Downey |
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| 1878 |
Betty |
Anderson |
Mrs. Samuel Lewman |
| 1878 |
Ada |
Connor |
Mrs. Charles Patten |
| 1878 |
Abram |
Edelman |
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| 1878 |
Lulu |
Ferguson |
Mrs. Haynes |
| 1878 |
Andrew |
Glassell |
From Glendale |
| 1878 |
Hugh |
Glassell |
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| 1878 |
Albertine |
Haley |
Mrs. Pironi |
| 1878 |
Fannie |
Kelisher |
Mrs. Samuel Livingston |
| 1878 |
Claudia |
Rimpau |
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| 1878 |
Nannie |
Straus |
Mrs. Dunsmore |
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| 1879 |
Charles |
Bell |
From Van Nuys |
| 1879 |
Arthur |
Bent |
Architect |
| 1879 |
Kate |
Brousseau |
Professor of Philosophy |
| 1879 |
Ella |
Grid |
From San Diego - Mrs. D. O. Lamb |
| 1879 |
Scott A |
Chapman |
Architect |
| 1879 |
Mary E |
Foy |
First woman librarian of Los Angeles |
| 1879 |
Jenice |
Greenbaum |
Mrs. Simon S. Spier |
| 1879 |
George D |
Howland |
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| 1879 |
Nettie |
Morey |
Mrs. J. Deming |
| 1879 |
Jessie |
Overman |
From Arizona - Mrs. Charles Collins |
| 1879 |
Carrie |
Smith |
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| 1880 |
Ada |
Biles |
From Pismo Beach - Mrs. Harley Marshall |
| 1880 |
Albert |
Clapp |
From Long Beach |
| 1880 |
Nellie |
Curtis |
From Fresno - Mrs. Frank Short |
| 1880 |
Lula |
Entwhistle |
From Sierra Madrew - Mrs. George Letteau |
| 1880 |
Jessie |
Gibson |
From Laguna Beach - Mrs. George Dunham |
| 1880 |
Ella |
Grosser |
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| 1880 |
William |
Grosser |
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| 1880 |
Edith |
Hadley |
Mrs. D. K. Edwards |
| 1880 |
Maurice S. |
Hellman |
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| 1880 |
Rebecca |
Laventhall |
Mrs. Michael Voorsanger |
| 1880 |
Edwin A |
Meserve |
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| 1880 |
Sara C. |
Reese |
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| 1880 |
Henrietta |
Rosson |
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| 1880 |
Robert |
Strauss |
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| 1880 |
Lizzie S. |
Phayer |
Mrs. George Lathrop |
| 1880 |
Mamie |
Woodworth |
Mrs. Clarence E. DeCamp |
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| 1881 |
Mattie |
Coffman |
Mrs. Herbert White |
| 1881 |
Linnie |
Austin |
Mrs. George Heald |
| 1881 |
William C |
Batcheller |
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| 1881 |
Adele |
Behn |
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| 1881 |
Birdie |
Cannon |
From Lamb's Inn Ukiah - Mrs. Eversole |
| 1881 |
Bell |
Childs |
Santa Clara - Mrs. Walter T. Knox |
| 1881 |
Lillie |
Chick |
Mrs. W. R. Patton |
| 1881 |
Mattie |
Coffman |
From Chino |
| 1881 |
Casper C. |
Cohn |
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| 1881 |
Adele |
Condit |
Mrs. John Bloeser |
| 1881 |
Josephine |
Dryden |
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| 1881 |
Mary |
Gilday |
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| 1881 |
Herman |
Heinsch |
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| 1881 |
Bertha |
Hellman |
Mrs. Meyberg |
| 1881 |
Evelyn |
Lothian |
From Oakland - Mrs. Mock |
| 1881 |
Theodore |
Savage |
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| 1881 |
Richard |
Stevens |
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| 1881 |
H. R. |
Tibbetts |
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| 1881 |
Alice |
Weil |
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| 1881 |
Lizzie |
Weston |
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| 1882 |
John M. |
Averill |
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| 1882 |
Ada |
Banows |
Mrs. Rudolph Wigse |
| 1882 |
Emma |
Ball |
From Pasadena - Mrs. H. I. Stuart |
| 1882 |
Hanna P. |
Ball |
From Pasadena - Mrs. Fred R. Haius |
| 1882 |
Effie |
Baxter |
Mrs. B. Brooks |
| 1882 |
Bentinick |
Boyd |
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| 1882 |
Benjamin C. |
Bryant |
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| 1882 |
Margaret |
Davis |
Mrs. Walter B. Ralphs |
| 1882 |
Robert |
Dominguez |
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| 1882 |
Fred W |
Fisher |
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| 1882 |
Emma |
Fleishman |
Mrs. B. W. Felder |
| 1882 |
Frances |
Gebhard |
Mrs. James Meyler |
| 1882 |
Mabel L. |
Hall |
Mrs. Herbert Forsyth |
| 1882 |
Leland M. |
Kercheval |
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| 1882 |
Jeannette |
Lazard |
Mrs. Louis Lewin |
| 1882 |
Laura |
Meyer |
Mrs. Max Loewenthal |
| 1882 |
Ella |
Newmark |
Mrs. Carl Seligman |
| 1882 |
Lowman |
Nevin |
Edwin F. L. Nevin |
| 1882 |
Adele |
O'Melveny |
Mrs. Adel Foy |
| 1882 |
Lizzie |
Pickering |
Mrs. Mark A. Davids |
| 1882 |
Allie |
Richardson |
From Beaumont - Mrs. Logan Seitz |
| 1882 |
Clara |
Stoltenberg |
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| 1882 |
Laura |
Thomas |
Mrs. Arthur F. Carter |
| 1882 |
Agness |
Wilson |
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| 1883 |
Anna |
Alward |
Mrs. Eames |
| 1883 |
Della |
Baker |
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| 1883 |
Minnie |
Baxter |
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| 1883 |
Belle |
Borton |
Mrs. Winterbottom |
| 1883 |
Josephine |
Dol |
From Altadena - Mrs. J. R. Ingram |
| 1883 |
Lucinda |
Foy |
Mrs. Herron |
| 1883 |
Emma |
Grebe |
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| 1883 |
Mary |
Greene |
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| 1883 |
Ed J. |
Harper |
Reverend |
| 1883 |
Louis |
Mendelson |
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| 1883 |
Anna |
Morrison |
Mrs. A. J. McClatchie |
| 1883 |
Loretta |
Newell |
Mrs. Charles McPeek |
| 1883 |
Margaret |
Phillipson |
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| 1883 |
Edmonia |
Price |
From Glendale - Mrs. Wheatly James |
| 1883 |
William |
Rayn |
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| 1883 |
Adolph |
Straus |
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| 1884 |
Minnie L. |
Ames |
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| 1884 |
Charles |
Bagg |
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| 1884 |
Eva |
Byram |
Mrs. J. M. Banker or Joe Bunker |
| 1884 |
Ben |
Coulter |
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| 1884 |
Margaret |
Craig |
Mrs. Wollacott |
| 1884 |
David |
Edleman |
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| 1884 |
Annie |
Field |
Mrs. A. S. Crickmore |
| 1884 |
Alice |
Fitch |
Mrs. John F. Kanst |
| 1884 |
Rudolph |
Heinsch |
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| 1884 |
Pearl |
Kent |
Mrs. Henry McClain |
| 1884 |
Herman |
Kirchhoff |
Owner Gypsum Produce |
| 1884 |
Albert |
Lang |
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| 1884 |
Ella |
Leehler |
Mrs. C. C. Leslie |
| 1884 |
Amanda |
Mathews |
Mrs. Charles E. Chase |
| 1884 |
Harry |
Mayberry |
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| 1884 |
Edward |
Milner |
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| 1884 |
Christine |
Mueller |
Mrs. C. Waldenfels |
| 1884 |
George J. |
Philbin |
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| 1884 |
Florence |
Potts |
Mrs. M. L. Wick & Mrs. H. W. Davis |
| 1884 |
Guy |
Rose |
From Pasadena - artist |
| 1884 |
Gertrude |
Taft |
China missionary |
| 1884 |
Helen |
Thornton |
Mrs. Beebe |
| 1884 |
Nellie O. |
Weston |
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| 1884 |
Jesse |
Yarnell |
Mrs. J. C. Kimball |
| 1884 |
John |
Frick |
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| 1885 |
Ada |
Baxter |
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| 1885 |
Ina |
Baxter |
Mrs. Berry Boal |
| 1885 |
Hattie |
Beckett |
Mrs. Frefethen |
| 1885 |
F. Berry |
Boal |
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| 1885 |
Clinton |
Bradley |
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| 1885 |
Edward |
Bradley |
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| 1885 |
Jesse |
Burks |
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| 1885 |
Lulu |
Frick |
Mrs. Mark Pierce |
| 1885 |
Minnie |
Hamilton |
Mrs. A. C. Harper |
| 1885 |
Arthur |
Harper |
Mayor |
| 1885 |
Annie |
Hazeltine |
Mrs. Fred Clark |
| 1885 |
Camille |
Hellman |
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| 1885 |
Leslie |
Hewitt |
City Attorney and State Senator |
| 1885 |
Charles |
Lantz |
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| 1885 |
May |
McLellan |
Mrs. Norman Martin |
| 1885 |
Alice |
Miller |
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| 1885 |
Minnie |
Moody |
Mrs. Bridges |
| 1885 |
Caroline |
Mueller |
Mrs. George W. Hunt |
| 1885 |
Lillie |
Newell |
Mrs. L. McCusker |
| 1885 |
Marion |
Otis |
Mrs. Harry Chandler, L.A. Times |
| 1885 |
Mary |
Ogden |
Mrs. William Ryan |
| 1885 |
Edward |
Railton |
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| 1885 |
Ellen |
Reavis |
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| 1885 |
Thomas |
Rowan |
Opera singer |
| 1885 |
Ella |
Stoltenberg |
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| 1885 |
Annie |
Tibbetts |
Mrs. Frank Cooper |
