Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Anna Murphy “Betty Libby”

Elizabeth Anna Murphy (“Betty Libby”) appears in the 1928 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 241 River Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: Elizabeth Anna Murphy
Known as: Betty Libby
Lived at: 241 River Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Saint Paul’s School
Headed for: Business College

Also searched as: Betty Murphy; Elizabeth Murphy; Elizabeth A. Murphy; Beth Murphy.

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Neighbours 28
Same surname 294
Classmates 415
Same schools 75

In context

416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 appear on this site, and Murphy puts Elizabeth 285th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 100, in the last third of the stretch from page 27 to page 134 where this site found the book's portraits. River Street is the street of 4 other classmates of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 besides Elizabeth. “Business College” is Elizabeth's plan after graduation; 66 of 343 classmates with a printed plan (19%) named a business or secretarial school. The most common first names in the class of 1928 were Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16); in the class of 1927 they were Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Gladys Elizabeth Mugridge, Francis Joseph Murphy, John Arthur Murphy
Same street	River Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Saint Paul’s School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 5 other people in the class

At home, 241 River Street

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Murphy at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Bernard P Murphy (wife Vinie V), clerk householderpage
Wm D Murphy (wife Blizabeth), track layer householderpage

The Murphy household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What Elizabeth did at school

G. A. A., 1925–26

What the yearbook said

O woman, lovely woman, Nature made thee to tempt man.

Also grew up on River Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Murphy

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Saint Paul’s School

Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 100. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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