Los Angeles City Directory 1938 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes) slsmn May Co h4339 Victoria' (his last entry with an occupation)

--- directory: Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1938 publisher: Los Angeles Directory Co. year: 1938 pages: ['1489', '1488'] 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 1938 — 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. 1489 — LAPL image 1483 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000003&pg_seq=1483 ``` " Jas J (Portable Bldg Co) => " Jas J (Agnes) slsmn May Co h4339 Victoria " Jas L (Dessie B) carp h2211 S Highland av " Eileen sten r861 Fedora => " Eileen D nurse r4339 Victoria av " Eleanor slswn May Co r Inglewood " Ida M sten r443 N Serrano av => " Imelda M sten r4339 Victoria av " Ina F slswn r731 N Alfred ``` ## p. 1488 — LAPL image 1482 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000003&pg_seq=1482 ``` " Agnes M clk r2029 W 35th pl => " Agnes T staff asst SCTCo r4339 Victoria av " Aileen clk r861 S 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).