Los Angeles City Directory 1937 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes) slsmn May Co h4339 Victoria'

Los Angeles City Directory 1937 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1937

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Summary

- p. 1426: **Murphy Jas J (Agnes), slsmn May Co, h4339 Victoria**; **Murphy Jas J jr, clk County Auditor, r4339 Victoria av**; **Murphy Eileen, nurse, r4339 Victoria av**; **Murphy Imelda, r4339 Victoria av.** - p. 1425: **Murphy Agnes T, serv repr SCTCo, r4339 Victoria av.**

In its time

Great Depression1929–1939

Directory entries

Murphy Jas J — slsmn May Co, r h4339 Victoria
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 100
(Agnes), r h4339 Victoria
= Agnes Kelly Murphy · 100
Murphy Jas J jr — clk County Auditor, r r4339 Victoria av
= James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather) · 100
Murphy Eileen — nurse, r r4339 Victoria av
= Eileen /Murphy/ · 95
Murphy Imelda, r r4339 Victoria av
= Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora) · 95
Murphy Agnes T — serv repr SCTCo, 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: slsmn May Co · residence: h4339 Victoria
Householder at the family house, wife Agnes; son Jas J jr listed next.
Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: (Agnes))
role: spouse named in entry · family confidence: 100 certain
residence: h4339 Victoria
Wife named in her husband's entry.
James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather)(as printed: Murphy Jas J jr)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 100 certain
occupation: clk County Auditor · residence: r4339 Victoria av
James J. Jr. at the family house.
Eileen /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Eileen)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: nurse · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Eileen, nurse, at the family house.
Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora)(as printed: Murphy Imelda)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: r4339 Victoria av
Imelda (b. 1917) at the family house.
Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: serv repr SCTCo · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house.

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 City Directory 1937 publisher: Los Angeles City Directory Co. year: 1937 pages: ['1426', '1425'] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles City Directory 1937 — 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. 1426 — LAPL image 1432 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000006&pg_seq=1432 ``` " Jas H (Florence) cook h2407 Longwood av => " Jas J (Agnes) slsmn May Co h4339 Victoria => " Jas J jr clk County Auditor r4339 Victoria av " Jas L r231 E 53d " Edwina M Mrs h5344 Brynhurst av => " Eileen nurse r4339 Victoria av " Eileen sten r317 W 87th " Ida M notary pub r443 N Serrano av => " Imelda r4339 Victoria av " Ina F Mrs slswn r731 N Alfred ``` ## p. 1425 — LAPL image 1431 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000006&pg_seq=1431 ``` " Agnes M clk r2029 W 35th pl => " Agnes T serv repr SCTCo r4339 Victoria av " Aileen clk h861 Fedora ``` ## 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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