Archive for the ‘1938’ Category

1938 – W. M. Sharp

23 September 2008

1938

5330 Miles Avenue

Another W. M. Sharp mark.

1938 – E. H. Buel

22 September 2008

1938

5972 Chabolyn Terrace

E. H. Buel looks like he was too poor to have a stamp, but I assume he is actually Ensor H. Buel of the horseshoe-shaped stamps.

1938 – J. A. Milner

22 September 2008

1938

4276 Howe Street

I’m not sure that J. A. Milner actually used a stamp.

1938 – G. Musso

22 September 2008

1938

5645 Broadway

G. Musso seems to have been one of a bunch of modest Italian concrete workers around Oakland at the time. The Italians dominated the stone and concrete trades for many years in the Bay area, before they graduated to winemaking and politics.

1938 – V. Di Zillo

9 July 2008

1938

5436 Broadway