Archive for the ‘1911’ Category

1911 – J. O. Adler

11 March 2025

2130 Derby Street, Berkeley

A new year for John Olaf Adler.

1911 – E. C. C. (Esterly Con. Co.)

10 December 2024

2426 Tenth Street, Berkeley

This pretty much has to be Esterly.

1911 – F. E. Nelson

22 March 2014

1911r

5401 Fairfax Avenue

There are several of these here, attesting to the antiquity of the Fairfax neighborhood.

1911 – Powell Bros. C. Co.

18 July 2013

1911q

2845 Coolidge Avenue

Finally, one of these with a date.

1911 – Nelson-Johnson Co.

10 May 2013

1911p

2601 E. 22nd Street

An unexpected bit of history.

1911 – Sandin & Swanson

7 June 2012

1911

1350 E. 33rd Street

This hand-drawn mark establishes Sandin & Swanson a year earlier than their attractive oval stamps record.

1911 – Esterly Con. Co.

11 February 2012

1911

432 Van Dyke Avenue

Now that it’s 2012, I’ll be posting every 1911 mark I find. Van Dyke is a nice little street off lower Park Boulevard.