Anticipating the Summer Luggage Needs

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1915-05-02, p.6

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name as printed"JAMES J. MURPHY"
James Joseph "James J." Murphy

Summary

Hennessy store ad fragment showing a photographic portrait of **James J. Murphy** with the caption "JAMES J. MURPHY / Boys' Shop — Luggage." Adjoining ad copy promotes the Trunk and Bag Section on the second floor: $4.00 Matting Suitcases for $2.95 (24 and 26-inch); $6.50 Fiber Suitcases for $4.95. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. The ONLY known photographic portrait of JJM in the archive so far. Three weeks before he is promoted from boys'-department manager to store superintendent (May 25 1915), the boys' shop manager is being featured in the Hennessy's broadsheet ads — a measure of how visible he is as a public face of the store. Light, posed studio head-and- shoulders, clean-shaven, dark suit and tie, head turned three- quarters left. Looks young — consistent with the disambiguation estimate of b. ~1880 (would be ~35 here). Side note: this ad is the kind of clipping that justifies a separate person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen `portrait` field in people.yaml for the timeline UI — open question for the back- pass.

In its time

Narrative

Hennessy's Trunk and Bag Section on the second floor advertises summer luggage, with James J. Murphy of the Boys' Shop — Luggage pictured in portrait. Matting suitcases in 24 and 26-inch sizes are reduced from $4.00 to $2.95, and fiber suitcases from $6.50 to $4.95.

“Has every appearance of genuine leather, dark brown, and will outwear any leather suitcase you can buy under $10”
“light in weight, yet strong and serviceable; made over steel frame, cloth lined and fitted with stout handles”

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People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: JAMES J. MURPHY)
role: photographic portrait subject · family confidence: 95 certain
Arthur Berry (Hennessy's store superintendent to 1915; James's predecessor)(as printed: ARTHUR BERRY)
role: hennessy acting superintendent portrait · family confidence: 0 not family

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Butte economic life

Story threads

Berehaven Murphys

Source type

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# Anticipating the Summer Luggage Needs ## Trunk and Bag Section, Second Floor *The Butte Miner, Sunday, May 2, 1915, p. 6. Hennessy storeButte: companies, unions & placesHennessy’sfounded 1886The D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, Butte’s leading department store. Its 1898 building at Granite and Main also housed the Anaconda company’s offices on the top floor.More in Key terms → advertisement with portrait photograph.* [Portrait photograph of a clean-shaven young man in dark suit and tie, three-quarters left, head and shoulders. Caption beneath the portrait:] **JAMES J. MURPHY** *Boys' Shop — Luggage* --- **$4.00 Matting Suitcases — $2.95** 24 and 26-inch sizes for $2.95. The leather corner style, light in weight, yet strong and serviceable; made over steel frame, cloth lined and fitted with stout handles, two straps, brass lock and bolts. **$6.50 Fiber Suitcases — $4.95** 24 and 26-inch sizes for $4.95. Has every appearance of genuine leather, dark brown, and will outwear any leather suitcase you can buy under $10. Full cloth lined, has shirt fold, two heavy straps all around, leather corners and substantial lock and bolts.

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Open questions

Consider extracting the JJM portrait from this scan to attach to person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen as a portrait asset.
theme butte_economic_life — confirm exists in /vocab/themes.yaml.