Los Angeles City Directory 1936 — 'Murphy Jas slsmn Theodore Kotzin Co r4339 Victoria av'

Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1936 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1936

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Summary

- p. 1320: **Murphy Jas, slsmn Theodore Kotzin Co, r4339 Victoria av**; **Murphy Jas J, msngr Co Auditor, r4339 Victoria av** (his son: "Jas J jr clk County Auditor" in 1937); **Murphy Eileen D, nurse, r4339 Victoria av.** - p. 1319: **Murphy Agnes T, serv rep SCTCo, h4339 Victoria av** — this year the householder mark (h) is on the daughter's line.

In its time

Great Depression1929–1939

Directory entries

Murphy Jas — slsmn Theodore Kotzin Co, r r4339 Victoria av
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 90
Murphy Jas J — msngr Co Auditor, r r4339 Victoria av
= James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather) · 95
Murphy Eileen D — nurse, r r4339 Victoria av
= Eileen /Murphy/ · 95
Murphy Agnes T — serv rep SCTCo, r h4339 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)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 90 strong
occupation: slsmn Theodore Kotzin Co · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Printed without an initial and as r (resides), not h; the only Jas at 4339 Victoria other than the son, who has his own line (msngr Co Auditor). A salesman's job fits the 1938 obituary: 'More recently he sold men's clothing.'
James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather)(as printed: Murphy Jas J)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: msngr Co Auditor · residence: r4339 Victoria av
The son: the 1937 edition lists 'Jas J jr clk County Auditor r4339 Victoria av'.
Eileen /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Eileen D)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: nurse · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Eileen, nurse, at the family house.
Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: serv rep SCTCo · residence: h4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house (marked h this year).

Places

Los Angeles, California (primary)

Story threads

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

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Transcription

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--- directory: Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1936 publisher: Los Angeles Directory Co. year: 1936 pages: ['1320', '1319'] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1936 — 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. 1320 — LAPL image 1320 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000002&pg_seq=1320 ``` " Jas (Leona) presmn L A Rubber Stamp Co h1242 Arapahoe => " Jas slsmn Theodore Kotzin Co r4339 Victoria av " Jas C (Annie M) eng h1700 Longwood av ... " Jas H (Ida M) slsmn h2121 W 9th => " Jas J msngr Co Auditor r4339 Victoria av " Jas J (Lillie H) servmn h3831 S Nmdie av " Eileen r317 W 87th => " Eileen D nurse r4339 Victoria av " Elinor (wid Geo) tchr h3953½ S Bway ``` ## p. 1319 — LAPL image 1319 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000002&pg_seq=1319 ``` " Agnes M clk r2029 W 35th pl => " Agnes T serv rep SCTCo h4339 Victoria av " Aileen 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).

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