Cambridge High and Latin School

Francis Joseph Murphy “Frankie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Francis Joseph Murphy (“Frankie”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Baseball and Track; lived at 451 Huron Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 100.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: Francis Joseph Murphy
Known as: Frankie
Lived at: 451 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

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Neighbours 62
Same surname 293
Classmates 415
Same schools 256

In context

Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, Francis's is 286th alphabetically. In the scan, Francis appears on page 100, in the last third of the run of 416 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 134). Francis's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 173 of the 343 classmates who named a plan (50%) named the same kind. From 1917 to 1930, 62 people in 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School give Huron Avenue. Against 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929, the class of 1928 comes to 416 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Gladys Elizabeth Mugridge, Elizabeth Anna Murphy, John Arthur Murphy
Same street	Huron Avenue: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	Francis: 7 other people in the class

At home, 451 Huron Avenue

The 1930 city directory lists Francis Joseph Murphy with the occupation “student B C” (page).

The 1930 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.

Francis J Murphy, student B C lived herepage

What Francis did at school

Baseball
Track

What the yearbook said

I confess I do blaze to-day, I am too bright.

Also grew up on Huron Avenue

The class of 1928

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Other people named Francis Joseph Murphy in the archive

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Francis Joseph MurphyHingham 1936

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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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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