Somerville High School

Alice Murphy “Lala”

Alice Murphy (“Lala”) is one of 563 graduates in the class of 1931 at Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 77.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: Alice Murphy
Known as: Lala
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931

Also searched as: Lala Murphy; Murphy, Alice.

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Same surname 292
Classmates 562

In context

Going through the Somerville High School class of 1931 from A to Z by surname, Alice is the 362nd of 563 names on this site. Alice's portrait is on scan page 77, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 102. Between 1920 and 1931, 9 classes of Somerville High School on this site include someone named Murphy: 26 people altogether. 66 people named Alice turn up in 12 Somerville High School classes on this site, 1917 to 1931. In the class of 1931 the first names most often shared were John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16); the class of 1930 had John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).

On the same scan page	Kenneth Murley, Alice Murphy, Helen Murphy, Susan Murphy and 3 more
Same first name	Alice: 6 other people in the class

What the page does not say. The reading found no course, no home address, no clubs or activities for Alice. Across the Somerville High School class of 1931 the shares are course 95%, home address 79% and clubs or activities 75%; worth checking the scan before assuming the book left them out.

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 77. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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