Oakland Underfoot

3717 Madrone Avenue

It seems that I’ve never recorded a hand-drawn J. B. Lee mark with a date. So now I have.

Patterson Avenue at Harbor View Avenue

This abbreviated version of the Hutchinson Co. mark is new to me. It’s right across the street from the mark I showed yesterday. Not many companies did this; the only other one that comes to mind is A. Nilsson.

4088 Patterson Avenue

This is several years after the other Hutchinson Co. marks I’ve seen, and a quite different configuration.

3723 Loma Vista Avenue

Only the distinctive outline gives this mark away.

3814 Midvale Avenue

I’ve documented this date from MacDonald before, but the date was at the bottom of the mark rather than the middle.

3630 Patterson Avenue

Behold a mystery: This mark by one of the Pool family members is made with a stamp and not hand-drawn. I’m documenting this mark because my previous example, from not far away, is cracked. Looking at both, I see the same nicks that appear around the edges of the letters in the old P. Ryan mark, as if they were deployed like a branding iron.

3666 Patterson Avenue

Some very nice Gus Johnson marks in this neighborhood.