585 El Dorado Avenue
This is a prize mark, the earliest and most definitive C. Valenzuela mark; also the only notable mark on this laid-back block.
Update: I have since pushed back Valenzuela to 1938, but this is still a standout mark.
Archive for the ‘1951’ Category
1951 – C. Valenzuela
21 May 20091951 – J. Barale
27 April 2009
5220 Redondo Avenue
1951 – J. McGettigan
21 March 2009
4418 Shafter Avenue
This pushes McGettigan’s record into the 1950s. He seems to have gotten prosperous enough to use a proper stamp instead using a set of individual letters.
1951 – Nat Lena
9 July 2008
3864 Howe Street
Nat Lena marks go back to the 1930s.
Oakland Underfoot 