Roslyn Court, Berkeley
This mark is on the stairway leading up to Hillcrest Road, one of Berkeley’s most obscure corners. With this date documented, I have just six years missing, 1916-1921.
Archive for the ‘1923’ Category
1923 – Schnoor Bros.
19 January 2019Jackson’s Device and other delights
4 March 2016Poking around Oakland’s old downtown has yielded some more overlooked old things. Take P. H. Jackson’s Device for Plentiful Ventilation, on Harrison south of 14th Street.
Somehow I don’t think it’s functioning any more. This is the same Jackson I featured two weeks ago. I found another configuration of ventilator from the Jackson company, this one with a patent date of 1893.
And as I suspected when I finished the big citywide survey, marks would continue to appear that I’d missed the first time through.
1923 – N. J. Lindstrom
722 Washington Street
At this time N. J. Lindstrom was using both this straight mark and a racetrack mark. That tiny little “S” also appears in his mark from 1922.
1995 – J.R.’s Landscaping
202 Webster Street
It’s no surprise I missed this one before. Presumably I decided it was indecipherable, but that isn’t true.
Corners: Alice and Fourth Streets
This makes the 12th corner I’ve documented with names stamped in the concrete. Notice that while the street signs on 4th Street spell it “4th,” this says “Fourth.”
1923 – F. E. Flaherty
3 September 2015
9712 Birch Street
This establishes an earlier first year for Flaherty.
Corners: Glen Park Road and E. 38th Street
19 May 2015
The corner at this intersection was laid down in 1923 by C. A. Lindstrom. However, at the time East 38th intersected with 14th Avenue. Later this section of 14th, just past where the eastbound 57/58L/NL lines turn onto MacArthur, was renamed Glen Park Road.
Corners: Suter and 39th Avenue
17 May 2015
The last time I put up a corner mark, I said that they aren’t dated or signed. There are exceptions, though. C. A. Lindstrom laid down this Allendale corner in 1923.
1923 – Jepsen Bros.
22 April 2014
2626 High Street
This probably dates from the establishment of the funeral home at this address. Jepsen Bros. marks are scarce in this part of town.
1923 – F. W. Metge
16 November 2013
2730 Abbey Street
This is a new configuration of the Metge mark for me, and my favorite so far.
Oakland Underfoot 