Oakland Underfoot

6412 Colby Street

My theory of Initial Robust Marks continues to be borne out with this J. Devoto mark, again the earliest I’ve found.

6650 Dana Street

Cotterill marks also seem to get lighter in later years.

131 Monte Cresta Avenue

5164 Shafter Avenue

536 46th Street seems like it would be under the 24 freeway today, but maybe not. Something to check out.

59 Ramona Avenue

Nice how the H. C. Orth stamp fits the association oval. The oval appears next to a lot of marks, but I haven’t paid any attention to it before.

3803 Broadway

4172 Opal Street

There is a “J. Anderson” as well as J. Andersen. The address 3774 Howe Street is under today’s Macarthur-Broadway building, soon to be replaced by a new Kaiser hospital building. This must be the same Andersen as the Andersen & Montgomery company, although that was at 3796 Howe.