9944 Longfellow Avenue
Not too certain about this one. But Silvio Giuntoli’s career began in the mid-1920s, and I have dates through 1949, all of which use the same tiny numerals for the year as he used for the month and day. If this were from 1930, he would have used the numerals for the “30.” I prefer to think that he got tired of the whole thing in January 1950 and just scratched in “50.”
1434 84th Avenue
Yes, the 5 is upside-down, but I think it’s a real 5. All of the 1920s Banchero marks I’ve seen—hundreds of them—used a regular-old 2. And of course in the twenties it was “Banchero & Co.”
5527 Brookdale Avenue
I present this mark, even though I already have a good example, because on this mark Mr. Troja-Sisto was careful enough to make it clear that the little cursive scrawl in the middle line says “st” for Street.
6234 Harmon Avenue
Right across the driveway from yesterday’s mark by M. Dias is this one by (presumably) his partner on the job, Texeira.
6234 Harmon Avenue
This mark pushes M. Dias’ dates later than ever.
6200 E. 16th Street
3239 Lynde Street
With this mark, ten years later than any others I’ve found, the mysterious Mr Ferri finally reveals his first name and phone number.
Oakland Underfoot 