Kelts' Los Angeles street directory 1927 (Nolden–Z), Victoria Avenue — '4339 Murphy J J VE 6454'

Los Angeles Street Directory (Kelts) 1927, Nolden–Z · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1927

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Summary

Kelts' Geographical Directory Co.'s Los Angeles street directory of 1927 (volume Nolden–Z) lists telephone subscribers house by house. Under "VICTORIA AVENUE - Contd" (section code P32): **4339 Murphy J J — VE 6454** (VErmont exchange), between 4338 Foster Wm H and 4348 Hardy Jos. The earliest record of the family at 4339 Victoria Avenue, their home for the rest of his life. The typewritten sheet has no printed page number (LAPL image 277 of 744).

In its time

Prohibition1920–1933

Directory entries

Murphy J J, r 4339 Victoria Avenue (tel. VE 6454)
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 95

People — link detail

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy J J)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: 4339 Victoria Avenue (tel. VE 6454)
Initials and house match the 1928-1939 city-directory entries for Jas J Murphy at 4339 Victoria av and the 1930 census household.

Places

Los Angeles, California (primary)

Story threads

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

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Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

--- directory: Los Angeles Street Directory (Kelts) 1927, Nolden–Z publisher: Kelts' Geographical Directory Co. year: 1927 pages: [image 277] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles Street Directory (Kelts) 1927, Nolden–Z — Murphy household entries Read from the Los Angeles Public Library's 600-dpi page image. A typewritten street-order list of telephone subscribers: house number, name, telephone number. The `=>` line is the family's; the others are the neighbouring houses. The entry is shown in `crops/` (plain and captioned). ## LAPL image 277 — LAPL image 277 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=026bc4f2-52f9-4cbf-b1e4-12291b1cd6d0%2Fcl000000%2F20170519%2F00000005&pg_seq=277 ``` P32 VICTORIA AVENUE - Contd 4338 Foster Wm H VE 8420 => 4339 Murphy J J VE 6454 4348 Hardy Jos VE 9151 ``` ## Abbreviations h householder (house) · r resides / rooms · av avenue · dr drive · blvd boulevard · W West · E East · S South · N North · dept mgr department manager · clk clerk · cashr cashier · slsmn salesman · slswn saleswoman · supvr supervisor · serv rep(r) service representative · staff asst staff assistant · sten stenographer · msngr messenger · Co Auditor County Auditor · SCTCo Southern California Telephone Co. · wid widow · jr junior · (name) wife's name · VE VErmont telephone exchange (Kelts).

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