I almost never find names on the back of large group photos so I was surprised and pleased to find all but one child identified in this one. In researching the names on the back of this photo I've determined that this class picture from the Mt. Hebron school is located in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey. This might be the same school as the current Buzz Aldrin Middle School.

Ninth Grade. Mt. Hebron 1929-1930

FRONT TO BACK, Left Row (closest to the door):

Sally DUFF

Florence BAUVELT

Virginia HOLLINSHED

Joan STACY

Michelin GRIFFIN

FRONT TO BACK,  second row

Charlotte VOLKAERTS

Kenneth WHITFIELD (Kenneth Armagnac Whitfield)

Ruth PEAL (Later Ruth GRAF)

Elizabeth MOORE

Margaret JUDD

FRONT TO BACK,  third row

Robert BALLANTINE

Iris GAUSDEN

Wilson POECKER

Richard DuMONT

Douglas CONLAN

FRONT TO BACK, fourth row:

Ruth SKILLMAN

Chandler SWANSON

Jean SMITH

Ruth CLARK (May be the daughter of Arthur LeGrand Clark and Edith Spear Dunning. Though a birth year of 1913 seems a little early.)

STANDING BACK ROW:

1. Montague HARRIS

2. Herbert JACOBSEN (son of Anders Victor Jacobson and Anna Grondquist)

3. Earle GEORGE (son of Frederick William George and Mary Anna Crosby Johnston)

4. Edward DePEW (son of Frank Depew and Hazel Evarts)

5. Donald POWELL

6. Unidentified

I was able to find some photos of these individuals to compare with to make sure I had the rows in the correct order. Above is a version clearly identifying each child.