3338 Georgia Street
1948 – R. G. Wolfe
21 July 2023J. H. Green
6 July 2023
3017 College Avenue, Berkeley
A different configuration of the J. H. Green mark than the two examples (1, 2) I have from Oakland. Jesse H. (Pappy) Green lived and worked in Berkeley; he’s listed in the directories from 1923 to 1938. He was born in Sacramento in 1883 and died in 1969 at his ranch at Lake Berryessa.
Corners: Alice and Fourth Streets
16 June 2023
This makes the 12th corner I’ve documented with names stamped in the concrete. Notice that while the street signs on 4th Street spell it “4th,” this says “Fourth.”
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1995 – J.R.’s Landscaping
16 June 2023
202 Webster Street
It’s no surprise I missed this one before. Presumably I decided it was indecipherable, but that isn’t true.
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1923 – N. J. Lindstrom
16 June 2023
722 Washington Street
At this time N. J. Lindstrom was using both this straight mark and a racetrack mark. That tiny little “S” also appears in his mark from 1922.
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U.S. Sprint
15 June 2023
5659 Snake Road
These are everywhere, of course.
1909 – Burnham Co.
3 June 2023
3018 College Avenue, Berkeley
Oakland contains C. B. Burnham marks only from 1908, so it’s nice to expand the firm’s record a bit.
Oakland Underfoot 