1182 Ocean Street
The date has a different configuration than the other 1913 mark from this area.
Archive for the ‘1913’ Category
1913 – A. Soda
6 May 20261913 – Jepsen Bros.
16 January 2026
1537 Carleton Street, Berkeley
I include this mark for three reasons: first, it’s a variant of the 1913 mark with a dash, rather than a slash, between the month and year. Second, it’s a replacement for my original 1913 Jepsen Bros. mark, which was destroyed long ago. And third, just to highlight this stretch of Carleton, which is full of good old early 1900s stamps, including some that I don’t document because they don’t appear anywhere in Oakland. Anyone setting out to thoroughly cover Berkeley the same way I’ve done Oakland would do well to start here.
1913 – Lena & Helling Makers
8 September 2022
2412 26th Avenue
Natale Lena (1885-1977) and William G. Helling (1888-1973) were Alameda residents. Lena was a former employee of Alexander LaPlant’s firm; Helling I know nothing about.
Props to Ken Z. for spotting this excellent mark, one of a pair at this address.
American Brotherhood of Cement Workers
3 November 2017
I know I’ve talked about the A.B.C.W. before — read that post for the living connection to today — but this week’s post is just to record a splendid example of the sidewalk stamp, in Berkeley at the corner of Shasta and Tamalpais Roads.
The sidewalks paved by the Oakland Paving Company’s union workers, everywhere I’ve seen them, are second to none. A hundred years old and they’re strong as ever. And the design shows such pride. A hundred years from now the concrete being poured today might match this old stuff in strength, but the new sidewalks will never match the old ones in character.
Corners: Acacia Avenue at Golden Gate Avenue
2 November 2015
Acacia Avenue at Golden Gate Avenue
In 1913, when the Oakland Paving Company laid down this sidewalk, Golden Gate had its original name of Hays Avenue.
1913 – Hutchinson Co.
24 May 2015
Plymouth Street at 83d Avenue
Corners: Hays and McAdam
18 May 2015
Here’s another dated and signed corner. Oakland Paving Company made it in 1913. However, Hays Avenue was renamed Golden Gate Avenue and McAdam Street became first Broadway Terrace, then Romany Road. You have to be careful what you put in concrete. In fact you’ll see that the pavers used a “V” to spell “Hays.”
Oakland Underfoot 