James J. Murphy Jr., age ~12, at a Montana lakeshore c. 1926

Summary

Sepia portrait photograph of a young boy/youth in overalls and flat cap, standing by a lakeshore with pine trees and a forested ridge behind. Holding a stick. Photo caption at bottom edge reads "JIM MURPHY" (handwritten or stamped). Per the filename: **James J. Murphy Jr.** (b. 20 March 1914) at about age 12 in 1926. JJM Sr was still in Butte at this date (the family didn't move to LA until c. 1928 per the 1938 obit); the lake setting suggests Montana — possibly Lake Avoca near Butte (a recurring Murphy social venue per the 1923 Avoca hockey tournament clipping the family had clipped). Book material — a rare childhood photograph of the 2nd-generation Murphy at the cusp of the LA migration.

People

• James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather)(as printed: Jim Murphy)
  role: subject · family confidence: 100 certain

  age: ~12 (estimated; b. 20 Mar 1914)

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Lake Avoca (estimated)
• Montana (primary)

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• source_primary_family
• book_chapter_material
• direct_family

Related sources

• 1914-03-20_butte_james-j-murphy-jr-birth(unresolved)
• 1923-02-01 — The Anaconda Standard, p.6 — EXPECT TEN FAST TEAMS AT AVOCA FOR ICE NUMBERS
• ~1958 — Family papers — JJM Jr's personal resume — JJM Jr's typewritten resume — age 44, Anaheim CA (~1958)