Los Angeles City Directory 1934 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes) buyer J W Robinson Co h4339 Victoria av'
Los Angeles City Directory 1934 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1934
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Summary
- p. 1220: **Murphy Jas J (Agnes), buyer J W Robinson Co, h4339 Victoria av** — his last directory entry at J. W. Robinson Co. - p. 1219: **Murphy Agnes T, r4339 Victoria av.**
In its time
Directory entries
- = James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 100
- (Agnes), r h4339 Victoria av= Agnes Kelly Murphy · 100
- Murphy Agnes T, r r4339 Victoria av= Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940) · 95
People — link detail
- James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy Jas J)role: directory entry · family confidence: 100 certain
occupation: buyer J W Robinson Co · residence: h4339 Victoria av
Same house and employer as 1929-33.
- Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: (Agnes))role: spouse named in entry · family confidence: 100 certain
residence: h4339 Victoria av
Wife named in her husband's entry.
- Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: r4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house.
Places
- Los Angeles, California (primary)
Story threads
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Related sources
- 1933 — Los Angeles City Directory 1933 — Los Angeles City Directory 1933 — 'Murphy Jas (Agnes) buyer J W Robinson Co h4389 [sic] Victoria av'
- 1935 — Los Angeles City Directory 1935 — Los Angeles City Directory 1935 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes) h4339 Victoria av' (no occupation) and 'Jas J jr r4339 Victoria av'
Transcription
transcription: complete · confidence high
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directory: Los Angeles City Directory 1934
publisher: Los Angeles Directory Company
year: 1934
pages: ['1220', '1219']
repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web
read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml)
---
# Los Angeles City Directory 1934 — Murphy household entries
Read line by line from the Los Angeles Public Library's 600-dpi page images; LAPL's own OCR text layer
garbles several of these lines. A ditto mark (") at the start of a line repeats the surname above it,
here MURPHY. Lines marked `=>` are the family's; the others are neighbouring entries, given for context.
Every line is shown in `crops/` (a plain crop and a captioned copy).
## p. 1220 — LAPL image 1212
https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20150604%2F00000004&pg_seq=1212
```
" Jas J r6621 Crenshaw blvd
=> " Jas J (Agnes) buyer J W Robinson Co h4339 Victoria av
" Jas L (Lillian) chauf h125 W 108th
```
## p. 1219 — LAPL image 1211
https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20150604%2F00000004&pg_seq=1211
```
" Agnes L r123 S Irving blvd
=> " Agnes T r4339 Victoria av
" Aileen priv sec State Mut Bldg & Loan Assn h941 S Kenmore av
```
## 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).
Dotted underlines mark key terms on first mention — hover or tab to one for a reference note. The wording is the source’s own.