5865 Chabot Road
P Schnoor & Son marks are generally undated or have illegible dates. Not this one, which is clearly meant to last. Even the stars are crisply defined.
Archive for the ‘1913’ Category
1913 – P. Schnoor & Son
29 August 20081913 – Frank Salamid & Co
29 August 2008
5954 Claremont Avenue
Claremont Avenue west of College is rich in stamps; this is a pretty good example of Frank Salamid & Co., although more recent work smeared a little mortar on it.
1913 – Frank Salamid & Co
29 August 2008
3812 Cerrito Avenue
1913 – The Oakland Paving Co.
29 August 2008
Ross Road and Harwood Avenue
The concrete workers unionized around this time, and you see a lot of union marks from 1913 on. This one is particularly clear, showing the trowel and brickbat symbol.
1913 – Jepsen Bros.
29 August 2008
5550 College Avenue
1913 – Fred H. Austin
9 July 2008
Clifton Street at College Avenue
So far I’ve found Fred Austin marks only from 1912 and 1913, scattered around Rockridge with an outlier at Cleveland Cascade.
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