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1902

3 May 2012

1902

9th Avenue at E. 24th Street

I can’t make out the name of this maker, but the bottom line reads “Oakland.” This mark is also noteworthy for being the oldest barrel-shaped mark I’ve found. No one else used this shape, as far as I can tell, until J. H. Fitzmaurice adopted it in 1926, and after that no one used it until 1940.

1902 – The Oakland Paving Co.

17 August 2011

1902

983 57th Street and 1045 57th Street

Notice that the top mark has backward Ns.

1902 – The Oakland Paving Co.

8 June 2011

1902

1084 59th Street

Been looking for one of these for a long time: the original form of the Oakland Paving Co. mark, pre-1910. This is also my first mark from 1902.