1418 Harmon Street and 3234 Baker Street, Berkeley
Nels J. Lindstrom used a variety of stamps in his long career: an oval mark in the early 1910s and a racetrack mark from 1922 to the 1940s. In between, he used straight text with various configurations. These two 1920 marks differ in the placement of the date, but the letters, including the tiny “S”, are the same.
1314 Harmon Street, Berkeley
The early years of Schnoor Bros. are quite rare in Oakland, or at least they’re not marked.
Over the last month or so I’ve run across a few marks I missed or dismissed during the big survey.
1920 – F & R Farrer
3070 Champion Street
The date is barely a whisper; at least it’s some time in the 1920s. The 1922 directory lists three Farrers — Robert, Fred and Arthur — as concrete workers, all at 7305 E. 14th Street, so this must be Fred and Robert’s outfit. They’re clearly related in some fashion to Farrer & Sons, attested with a mark from 1926. The evidence is scant.
1935 – M. Bua
4051 Suter Street
Again, the date may be a hallucination, but that’s what I decided when looking at in person. I wouldn’t bother with such a poor mark except that it’s only the second example by Michael Bua, who’s listed in the 1930 directory as a general contractor at 237 Bacon Building.
1939 – W. M. Sharp
1452 Lakeshore Avenue
This is a clearer example of the year than the one I had before, which I decided was really from 1938.
1612 100th Avenue
Assuming I’m correct with the date, this mark establishes F. E. Flaherty at a very early time indeed.
5620 Edgerly Street
This pushes Rasmussen back another year.
1912 55th Avenue
I have not a clue who W. G. might have been.
4037 Loma Vista Avenue
Dated marks by this maker are very scarce.
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