945 Wildwood Avenue, Piedmont
Most of these aren’t dated. I have marks from just two years now.
Archive for the ‘1927’ Category
1927 – Andersen & Montgomery
20 November 20241927 – Sorensen Bros.
2 October 2024
819 Paramount Road
I finally deciphered this one. The “27” could still be the day of the month, though. Short of a lidar scan it’s the best I can do.
1927 – Lee J. Immel
18 July 2024
1201 Evelyn Avenue, Berkeley
This is only the second dated mark by Immel I’ve found.
1927 – T. A. Ryan
3 September 2020
2525 Church Street
Ryan put the full date on this mark, whereas my other example from this year featured only the month. His practices, as well as his stamps, varied over the years between 1925 and 1940.
1927 – The Oakland Paving Co.
6 November 2015
10506 Byron Avenue
The concrete guy did a great job on the south end of Byron, until the very last step.
This next set of stamps is from the last part of Oakland. As of today, I have surveyed the sidewalks on every block of the city. As usual, I’ll present the marks in chronological order. This set will run for the next month, and then this blog will enter a new phase.
1927 – S. Giuntoli
16 September 2015
Elmhurst Avenue at C Street
Silvio Giuntoli lived at 1159 Elmhurst Avenue and was responsible for the pavement on Elmhurst and the adjoining streets, largely in 1927. There are many excellent marks in this neighborhood, and the work has held up well for nearly 90 years. I chose this mark to feature because it includes the day and month as well as the year.
The 1927 Alameda County phone book lists three Giuntolis, all in Oakland: Norma, a stenographer at the Oakland Fish Company; Pasquino, a plasterer; and Silvio.
1927 – S. Giuntoli
4 September 2015
1201 95th Avenue
By now I think the story of S. Giuntoli’s stamp is clear: he started in the 1920s, using a stamp with “192_” dates. Some time before 1932 he switched to using tiny numerals for the last two digits of the date, adding the month and day using the same tiny numerals.
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