Los Angeles City Directory 1940 — only 'Murphy Agnes T serv rep SCTCo r4339 Victoria av'; no Jas J and no widow's entry
Los Angeles City Directory 1940 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1940
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Summary
- p. 1417: **Murphy Agnes T, serv rep SCTCo, r4339 Victoria av** — the only Murphy at 4339 Victoria av in this edition; the widow Agnes R. has no entry among the Agnes lines. - p. 1418: the "Jas" block has no Jas J at 4339 Victoria. Filed as gathered; not researched further (after his death).
In its time
Directory entries
- = Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940) · 95
People — link detail
- Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: serv rep SCTCo · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house.
Places
- Los Angeles, California (primary)
Story threads
Tags
Related sources
- 1939 — Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1939 — Los Angeles City Directory 1939 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes R) r4339 Victoria av', listed after his death (17 Dec 1938)
- 1941 — Los Angeles City Directory 1941 — Los Angeles City Directory 1941 — 'Murphy Agnes R (wid J J) h4339 Victoria av'
- 1940-11-09 — The Los Angeles Times, p.24 — Llewellyn-Murphy Bridal Solemnities Due Today
Transcription
transcription: complete · confidence high
---
directory: Los Angeles City Directory 1940
publisher: Los Angeles City Directory Co
year: 1940
pages: ['1417', '1418']
repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web
read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml)
---
# Los Angeles City Directory 1940 — 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. 1417 — LAPL image 1417
https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000007&pg_seq=1417
```
" Agnes M clk r2029 W 35th pl
=> " Agnes T serv rep SCTCo r4339 Victoria av
" Aileen clk h861 Fedora
```
## p. 1418 — LAPL image 1418
https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000007&pg_seq=1418
```
[the "Jas J" entries of the Murphy "Jas" block; none at 4339 Victoria]
" Jas J (Mary) acct h3160 Farnsworth av
" Jas J (Marie) clk h5819 Cimarron
" Jas J (Lillie H) slsmn h3900 3d 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.