Oakland Underfoot

3604 Harbor View Avenue

As always, I record hand-drawn marks as well as stamped ones, even from the same year by the same maker.

5247 Wentworth Avenue

Riechel & Bredhoff marks have two configurations. This is what I call the tight arch, in which the maker’s name curves right up against the racetrack outline. In the easy arch, the maker’s name makes a straighter arc. The tight arch appears throughout the range of dates I have, from 1921 to 1951. The easy arch appears in 1924, 1929 through 1933, and 1940 so far. I need to pay closer attention to these. This particular mark appears next door to an easy-arch mark from the same year, both of them from October.

1502 52nd Avenue

3900 Agua Vista Street

This property has two N. Ferri marks, both with “30” clearly scratched beneath the stamp. With this pristine example, I can finally say that the date in the stamp is 1927, not 1937. I’ll have to reconsider and revise my other examples.

3227 38th Avenue

Thank goodness for the low January sun.

3216 Dakota Street

J. B. Lee, the noted CEWENT CONTRACTOR, rarely dated his marks. This example, with a nicely stamped date way down below, is unique so far.

1907 Oak View Drive

There are two of these marks at this address, both with the same very faint date. Nice to finally have a date for this maker.