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Title: J.A. (Foghorn) Murphy, circa 1930-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1930-1939]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Side view of J.A. (Foghorn) Murphy in jacket and tie, seated between two unidentified women. Also known as John A. Foghorn Murphy and Foghorn Murphy.
J.A. (Foghorn) Murphy, from San Francisco, was a storyteller, entrepreneur, politician and local legend in Los Angeles and San Francisco, his home town. He may have gotten his nickname during his early career as a baseball announcer.
Text from negative sleeve: 2115, Fog Horn J.A. Murphy, well-known Irish Los Angeleno, wholesale liquor dealer, politician, radio man?, once called baseball games (pre-radio), [stamped:] Sep 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8527
ark:/21198/zz002dgdwk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Murphy, J. A. (John A.), 1890-1970
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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